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ZJUS-B
Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology)  2008, Vol. 9 Issue (11): 916-920    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0820123
Biomedicine     
Benefits of combination of electroencephalography, short latency somatosensory evoked potentials, and transcranial Doppler techniques for confirming brain death
Kang WANG, Yuan YUAN, Zi-qi XU, Xiao-liang WU, Ben-yan LUO
Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China; Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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Abstract  Objective: Optimization of combining electroencephalography (EEG), short latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SLSEP) and transcranial Doppler (TCD) techniques to diagnose brain death. Methods: One 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 ≤12 h later. Results: The 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. Conclusion: The 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.

Key words： Brain death      Electroencephalography (EEG)      Short latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SLSEP)      Transcranial Doppler (TCD)     
Received: 06 August 2008     
CLC:  R742  
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Kang WANG, Yuan YUAN, Zi-qi XU, Xiao-liang WU, Ben-yan LUO. Benefits of combination of electroencephalography, short latency somatosensory evoked potentials, and transcranial Doppler techniques for confirming brain death. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 2008, 9(11): 916-920.

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