Benefits of combination of electroencephalography, short latency somatosensory evoked potentials, and transcranial Doppler techniques for confirming brain death.
- Author:
Kang WANG
1
;
Yuan YUAN
;
Zi-qi XU
;
Xiao-liang WU
;
Ben-yan LUO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Brain Death; diagnosis; diagnostic imaging; Child; Electroencephalography; methods; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial; methods; Young Adult
- From: Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B 2008;9(11):916-920
- CountryChina
- Language:English
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVEOptimization of combining electroencephalography (EEG), short latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SLSEP) and transcranial Doppler (TCD) techniques to diagnose brain death.
METHODSOne hundred and eleven patients (69 males, 42 females) from the major hospitals of Zhejiang Province were examined with portable EEG, SLSEP and TCD devices. Re-examinations occurred < or =12 h later.
RESULTSThe first examination revealed that the combination of SLSEP and EEG led to more sensitive diagnoses than the combination of SLSEP and TCD. Re-examination confirmed this and also revealed that the combination of TCD and EEG was the most sensitive.
CONCLUSIONThe results show that using multiple techniques to diagnose brain death is superior to using single method, and that the combination of SLSEP and EEG is better than other combinations.
