Prolonged duration of apnea test during brain death examination in a case of intraparenchymal hemorrhage

OBJECTIVE: Apnea test is required as part of the brain death examination. The duration of the apnea test is variable but typically requires 8–10 min. Prolonged apnea tests have been reported in the setting of hypothermia. Here, we describe a case of prolonged duration of apnea test secondary to a ph...

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Autores principales: Nattanmai, Premkumar, Newey, Christopher R, Singh, Ishpreet, Premkumar, Keerthivaas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X17716050

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X17716050

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