Benefits of combination of electroencephalography, short latency somatosensory evoked potentials, and transcranial Doppler techniques for confirming brain death  

作　　者：Kang WANG Yuan YUAN Zi-qi XU Xiao-liang WU Ben-yan LUO 

机构地区：[1]Department of Neurology the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China [2]Intensive Care Unlit, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 3 10003, China

出　　处：《Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B(Biomedicine & Biotechnology)》2008年第11期916-920,共5页浙江大学学报（英文版）B辑（生物医学与生物技术）

摘　　要：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.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.

关 键 词：Brain death Electroencephalography （EEG） Short latency somatosensory evoked potentials （SLSEP） TranscranialDoppler （TCD） 

分 类 号：R742[医药卫生—神经病学与精神病学]