Brain Death, Apneic Diffusion Oxygenation, and Organ Transplantation
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health
- Vol. 18 (3) , 180-183
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-197803000-00005
Abstract
This paper presents a simple method of maintaining good donor organ oxygenation during a prolonged test of apnea used to determine brain death prior to cadaver transplantation. Apneic diffusion oxygenation can maintain arterial pO2 above 200 torr for periods exceeding 15 minutes, thereby allowing a more definitive determination of brain death without concomitant tissue hypoxia and possible damage to donor organs.Keywords
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