Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Aug 1999
Application of transcranial doppler ultrasonography for the diagnosis of brain death.
To determine the clinical validity of transcranial Doppler ultrasonographic (TCD) signs of total cerebral circulatory arrest for confirmation of brain death and to define the test protocol. ⋯ In agreement with previously published data, we conclude that TCD ultrasonography is a highly specific and sensitive confirmatory test and should be included as an additional test in the protocol for the assessment of brain death.