Single-photon emission computed tomography imaging for brain death donor counseling

Organ donation awareness is very poor in India. We have a high demand for transplant organs with poor supply. Apnea test is the confirmatory test for brain death in our country. The Transplantation of Human Organs Act does not support any ancillary testing for the confirmation of brain death in our...

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Autores principales: Palaniswamy, Vijayanand, Sadhasivam, Suganya, Selvakumaran, Cibi, Jayabal, Priyadharsan, Ananth, S. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27630461
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.188200
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Sumario:Organ donation awareness is very poor in India. We have a high demand for transplant organs with poor supply. Apnea test is the confirmatory test for brain death in our country. The Transplantation of Human Organs Act does not support any ancillary testing for the confirmation of brain death in our country. Radionuclide scan is used widely in western countries as a confirmatory test. We in our institution used this as a tool for family counseling with successful conversion rate.

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