Cardiac Oscillations Complicating Brain Death Diagnosis
Death by neurologic criteria (DNC) or brain death is a clinical diagnosis. It is often complicated by variations in policies as well as confounders on examination. We discuss here the case of a 27-year-old male who had a cardiac arrest following toxic gaseous exposure. He ultimately progressed to br...
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| author | Brittany Bolt Farid Muakkassa Lindsay Bruening Cameron Marcus Brittany Cunningham Erin Pawlak Richard Gandee Christopher Newey |
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| description | Death by neurologic criteria (DNC) or brain death is a clinical diagnosis. It is often complicated by variations in policies as well as confounders on examination. We discuss here the case of a 27-year-old male who had a cardiac arrest following toxic gaseous exposure. He ultimately progressed to brain death but was identified as having cardiac oscillations during clinical assessments that complicated the diagnosis. We discuss the case as well as the maneuvers used to clarify that the “triggered breaths” on the ventilator were indeed cardiac oscillations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3698d95bd72740129ddc13d1373bfe722025-02-03T06:43:15ZengWileyCase Reports in Critical Care2090-64392023-01-01202310.1155/2023/1132406Cardiac Oscillations Complicating Brain Death DiagnosisBrittany Bolt0Farid Muakkassa1Lindsay Bruening2Cameron Marcus3Brittany Cunningham4Erin Pawlak5Richard Gandee6Christopher Newey7Cerebrovascular CenterSection of TraumaSection of NeurologySection of Emergency MedicineSection of PharmacySection of NeurologyCerebrovascular CenterCerebrovascular CenterDeath by neurologic criteria (DNC) or brain death is a clinical diagnosis. It is often complicated by variations in policies as well as confounders on examination. We discuss here the case of a 27-year-old male who had a cardiac arrest following toxic gaseous exposure. He ultimately progressed to brain death but was identified as having cardiac oscillations during clinical assessments that complicated the diagnosis. We discuss the case as well as the maneuvers used to clarify that the “triggered breaths” on the ventilator were indeed cardiac oscillations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/1132406 |
| spellingShingle | Brittany Bolt Farid Muakkassa Lindsay Bruening Cameron Marcus Brittany Cunningham Erin Pawlak Richard Gandee Christopher Newey Cardiac Oscillations Complicating Brain Death Diagnosis Case Reports in Critical Care |
| title | Cardiac Oscillations Complicating Brain Death Diagnosis |
| title_full | Cardiac Oscillations Complicating Brain Death Diagnosis |
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| title_short | Cardiac Oscillations Complicating Brain Death Diagnosis |
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