Linked Life Data

2980592

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/2980592

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
Because of the controversy over applying adult clinical and laboratory criteria to children suspected of brain death, xenon computed tomographic cerebral blood flow (XeCTCBF) and near simultaneous scintigraphy were studied in 10 children. Six met the clinical criteria, one of whom had three indeterminate scintigrams with only central flow on XeCTCBF. Another had considerable flow with scintigraphy and XeCTCBF. One with clinical and autopsy brainstem death but preserved cortical function also had flow on both. This preliminary study establishes that brain scintigraphy is occasionally hypersensitive to insufficient cerebral flow and promises more accurate early assessment with XeCTCBF. The expectation is that XeCTCBF can refine the criteria for the earlier establishment of brain death.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0365-5954
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
369
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
675-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of cerebral blood flow measurements by xenon computed tomography and dynamic brain scintigraphy in clinically brain dead children.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiation Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, California.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study