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ArticleHippokratia2012

Is brain death diagnosis in newborns feasible?

I Chatziioannidis, P Chouchou, N Nikolaidis

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Article in Hippokratia, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

I ChatziioannidisNeonatal Intensive Care Unit A.U.T, GPN "Papageorgiou", Thessaloniki.
P Chouchou
N Nikolaidis
Papageorgiou General Hospital · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain death as the irreversible and permanent loss of cerebral and brainstem function, is relatively uncommon among newborns who need life support. It is considered the result of an acute and irreversible central nervous system insult. Asphyxia, severe intracranial hemorrhage and infection are the most common causes of brain death in children. BD diagnosis is usually based on clinical criteria. Because of major differences of brain function in this age group, brain death should be established with extreme caution. Comparative to adults' longer observational periods (at least 24 hours apart) and specific neurodiagnostic tests, by at least two expert physicians, are needed to ascertain an irreversible loss of brain function. The objective of this article is to present current guidelines for BD determination in newborns and to refer their application in Greece.

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Brain deathcerebral blood flowelectroencephalographynewborn

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PMID23935308
PMCPMC3738603
OpenAlexW2188953575

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