General anesthesia, sleep, and coma

EN Brown, R Lydic, ND Schiff - New England Journal of Medicine, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
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Brain function in coma, vegetative state, and related disorders

S Laureys, AM Owen, ND Schiff - The Lancet Neurology, 2004 - thelancet.com
We review the nosological criteria and functional neuroanatomical basis for brain death,
coma, vegetative state, minimally conscious state, and the locked-in state. Functional …

Evidence-based guideline update: determining brain death in adults: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

EFM Wijdicks, PN Varelas, GS Gronseth, DM Greer - Neurology, 2010 - neurology.org
Objective: To provide an update of the 1995 American Academy of Neurology guideline with
regard to the following questions: Are there patients who fulfill the clinical criteria of brain …

The diagnosis of brain death

EFM Wijdicks - New England journal of medicine, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
Physicians, health care workers, members of the clergy, and laypeople throughout the world
have accepted fully that a person is dead when his or her brain is dead. In the United States …

[BOOK][B] Diagnostic cerebral angiography

AG Osborn - 1999 - books.google.com
Since 1980, Dr. Osborn's An Introduction to Cerebral Angiography has been the definitive
text on this imaging modality. Now, this classic work has been completely revised …

Variability of brain death policies in the United States

DM Greer, HH Wang, JD Robinson, PN Varelas… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Brain death is the irreversible cessation of function of the entire brain, and it is a
medically and legally accepted mechanism of death in the United States and worldwide …

Death, unconsciousness and the brain

S Laureys - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2005 - nature.com
The concept of death has evolved as technology has progressed. This has forced medicine
and society to redefine its ancient cardiorespiratory centred diagnosis to a neurocentric …

Consensus opinion on diagnosis of cerebral circulatory arrest using Doppler-sonography: Task Force Group on cerebral death of the Neurosonolgy Research Group …

X Ducrocq, W Hassler, K Moritake, DW Newell… - Journal of the …, 1998 - Elsevier
Background and purpose: Oscillating flow or systolic spikes are typical Doppler-sonographic
flow signals found in the presence of cerebral circulatory arrest, which if irreversible, results …

Determination of brain death

DM Greer - New England Journal of Medicine, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Clinical Points Determination of Brain Death Brain death, or death as determined by
neurologic criteria, accounts for approximately 2% of adult and 5% of pediatric in-hospital …

[BOOK][B] Neuro-ophthalmology e-book: Diagnosis and management

GT Liu, NJ Volpe, SL Galetta - 2010 - books.google.com
Neuro-Ophthalmology: Diagnosis and Management is a highly organized and uniform
textbook designed to bridge the gap between a handbook and an encyclopedia. Drs. Grant …