Apnea testing with continuous positive airway pressure for the diagnosis of brain death in a patient with poor baseline oxygenation status

Apnea testing is a key component in the clinical diagnosis of brain death. Patients with poor baseline oxygenation may not tolerate the standard 8-10 min apnea testing with oxygen insufflation through tracheal tube. No studies have assessed the safety and feasibility of other methods of oxygenation...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Gentle Sunder, Shrestha, Pramesh Sunder, Acharya, Subhash Prasad, Sedain, Gopal, Bhandari, Sandip, Aryal, Diptesh, Gajurel, Bikram, Marhatta, Moda Nath, Amatya, Roshana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4047699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24914266
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.132510

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4047699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24914266
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.132510

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