EEG Abnormalities in Clinically Diagnosed Brain Death Organ Donors in Iranian Tissue Bank

Brain death is defined as the permanent, irreversible and concurrent loss of all brain and brain stem functions. Brain death diagnosis is based on clinical criteria and it is not routine to use paraclinical studies. In some countries, electroencephalogram (EEG) is performed in all patients for the d...

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Main Authors: Seyed Amir Hossein Tavakoli, Abbas Khodadadi, Amir Reza Azimi Saein, Hasan Bahrami-Nasab, Behnam Hashemi, Niloufar Tirgar, Behnaz Nozary Heshmati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-08-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3948