Journal article
Brain Death Diagnosis for Potential Organ Donors During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Neurology India, Vol.69(4), pp.995-996
07/01/2021
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.325307
PMID: 34507427
Abstract
Formal brainstem reflex testing remains one of the most important procedures in identification and evaluation of patients who meet clinical criteria for brainstem death. Early identification of such patients is critical since willing donors may contribute to the organ donation process. During the first two waves of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, organ transplantation from brainstem dead donors has declined significantly due to several reasons, including perceived increased risk of virus transmission to both physicians as well as patients as well as lack of awareness regarding donor workup in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Brain Death Diagnosis for Potential Organ Donors During the Covid-19 Pandemic
- Creators
- Siddharth Chavali - Asian Institute of GastroenterologyGirija P. Rath - All India Inst Med Sci AIIMS, Dept Neuroanaesthesiol & Crit Care, New Delhi, IndiaDeep Sengupta - All India Institute of Medical SciencesSurya K. Dube - All India Inst Med Sci AIIMS, Dept Neuroanaesthesiol & Crit Care, New Delhi, India
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neurology India, Vol.69(4), pp.995-996
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- DOI
- 10.4103/0028-3886.325307
- PMID
- 34507427
- ISSN
- 0028-3886
- eISSN
- 1998-4022
- Number of pages
- 2
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984771646402771
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