Brain death, apneic diffusion oxygenation, and organ transplantation. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

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.

publication date

  • March 1, 1978

Research

keywords

  • Brain Death
  • Organ Preservation
  • Tissue Preservation
  • Transplantation

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0018144238

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/00005373-197803000-00005

PubMed ID

  • 642043

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 18

issue

  • 3