| Autor: |
N C, Singh, R H, Reid, J A, Loft, T C, Frewen, B L, Parker, J S, Dhillon |
| Rok vydání: |
1993 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Clinical intensive care : international journal of criticalcoronary care medicine. 5(2) |
| ISSN: |
0956-3075 |
| Popis: |
To determine the usefulness of (Tc 99m) HM-PAO scan in supporting the clinical diagnosis of brain death.Retrospective review.Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.A total of 39 paediatric patients had HM-PAO scans conducted to confirm the presence of brain death or to assess the degree of brain injury.All patients had (Tc 99m) HM-PAO injected before the scan was conducted.Fifty-four scans were done in 39 patients. The majority of cerebral injury was as a result of closed head injury or asphyxia/anoxia. There were 20 scans which demonstrated no cerebral blood flow (CBF); however, in 26 situations patients were clinically brain dead. All of the patients who continued to have CBF in the presence of clinical brain death sustained asphyxial/anoxic injuries.The HM-PAO scan is a useful non-invasive portable tool for supporting the diagnosis of brain death when there is absent CBF. However, continued flow may be present in asphyxial/anoxic injuries in the presence of clinical brain death. |
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