Pneumothorax as a Complication of Apnea Testing for Brain Death

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• 作者：Lauren Elizabeth Gorton ; Rajat Dhar ; Lindsey Woodworth…
• 关键词：Pneumothorax ; Apnea testing ; Brain death examination ; Organ donation
• 刊名：Neurocritical Care
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：25
• 期：2
• 页码：282-287
• 全文大小：591 KB
• 刊物主题：Internal Medicine; Neurology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1556-0961
• 卷排序：25

文摘

BackgroundPneumothorax is an under-recognized complication of apnea testing performed as part of the neurological determination of death. It may result in hemodynamic instability or even cardiac arrest, compromising ability to declare brain death (BD) and viability of organs for transplantation. We report three cases of pneumothorax with apnea testing (PAT) and review the available literature of this phenomenon.