TY - JOUR
T1 - Radionuclide bolus angiography
T2 - A technique for verification of brain death in infants and children
AU - Ashwal, Stephen
AU - Smith, Andrew J.K.
AU - Torres, Fernando
AU - Loken, Merle
AU - Chou, Shelley N.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology, Department of Neurosurgery and Division of Nuclear Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine. Supported in part by Public Health Service Grant No. TlO1-H50544-10 and NINCDS Collaborative Study of Cerebral Survival Contract No. RFP-NIH-NINDS-74-05. *Reprint address: Division of ChiM Neurology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354.
PY - 1977/11
Y1 - 1977/11
N2 - Fifteen infants and children, 11 of whom had clinical brain death and four of whom were comatose, were evaluated with the radionuclide bolus study and electroencephalography. Clinical criteria for brain death included: (1) absence of spontaneous respirations, (2) absence of cephalic reflexes, and (3) unresponsiveness. Results demonstrated complete correlation among clinical examination, EEG, and radionuclide study in 79% of cases. An approach to the evaluation of the infant or child with possible brain death is outlined utilizing serial examinations, radionuclide bolus study, and electroencephalography. The radionuclide bolus study appears to be a safe, rapid, portable technique which can be used for this purpose in infants and children.
AB - Fifteen infants and children, 11 of whom had clinical brain death and four of whom were comatose, were evaluated with the radionuclide bolus study and electroencephalography. Clinical criteria for brain death included: (1) absence of spontaneous respirations, (2) absence of cephalic reflexes, and (3) unresponsiveness. Results demonstrated complete correlation among clinical examination, EEG, and radionuclide study in 79% of cases. An approach to the evaluation of the infant or child with possible brain death is outlined utilizing serial examinations, radionuclide bolus study, and electroencephalography. The radionuclide bolus study appears to be a safe, rapid, portable technique which can be used for this purpose in infants and children.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3476(77)81023-8
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3476(77)81023-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 909010
SN - 0022-3476
VL - 91
SP - 722
EP - 727
JO - Journal of Pediatrics
JF - Journal of Pediatrics
IS - 5
ER -