Brain death: timing of apnea testing in primary brain stem lesion.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
In a 73-year-old patient complete areflexia of the cerebral and peripheral nerves following the rupture of an aneurysm of the basilar artery was diagnosed. During apnea testing the spectral analysis of electroencephalography (EEG) revealed an irreversible shift of peak from 6 to 3 Hz within the low-frequency bands. These findings suggest that apnea testing in patients with primary lesion of the brain stem should be carried out only after an isoelectric EEG.
Medical subject headings
- Apnea
- Brain Death
- Intracranial Aneurysm