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. 1991;112(3-4):118-25.
doi: 10.1007/BF01405139.

Brain death: determination with brain stem evoked potentials and radionuclide isotope studies

A Erbengi  1 , G Erbengi, O Cataltepe, M Topcu, B Erbas, T Aras
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Brain death: determination with brain stem evoked potentials and radionuclide isotope studies

A Erbengi et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1991.

Abstract

Thirty-three patients fulfilling the clinical criteria for brain death were tested by Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials (BAEP) and Radionuclide Cerebral Angiography and Brain Perfusion Studies. There was a significant correlation between the BAEP and radionuclide study outcomes. All patients with absence of BAEP showed no cerebral perfusion. These findings, added to the clinical findings, resulted in a final diagnosis of brain death in all patients. It is concluded that BAEP and Radionuclide Cerebral Perfusion studies are useful adjuncts for proving that brain death has really occurred.

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