Tension pneumothorax complicating apnea testing during brain death evaluation

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 580-582

  Burns, Joseph D ^a   Russell, James A ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea test; Brain death; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AIRWAY; ALERTNESS; APNEA TEST; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; BREATHING; CANNULA; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFARCTION; NECK; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX WALL;

APNEA; BRAIN DEATH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; PNEUMOTHORAX;

EID: 41549087332     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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