TY - JOUR
T1 - Hemodynamic responses in brain dead organ donor patients
AU - Wetzel, R. C.
AU - Setzer, N.
AU - Stiff, J. L.
AU - Rogers, M. C.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Because we have noticed dramatic hemodynamic responses in brain dead patients undergoing surgery for organ donation, we analyzed the anesthetic records of cadaver organ donors. Ten records contain complete data for heart rate, blood pressure, central venous pressure, and time of incision. Systolic pressure increased by a mean of 31 torr (P < 0.01), diastolic pressure by 16 torr (P < 0.02), and heart rate by 23 beats/min (P < 0.01) in response to surgical stimulation. These results demonstrate the occurrence of significant hemodynamic responses to surgical stimuli in patients who fulfill the criteria of brain death, responses that do not, however, invalidate the current criteria for the diagnosis of brain death.
AB - Because we have noticed dramatic hemodynamic responses in brain dead patients undergoing surgery for organ donation, we analyzed the anesthetic records of cadaver organ donors. Ten records contain complete data for heart rate, blood pressure, central venous pressure, and time of incision. Systolic pressure increased by a mean of 31 torr (P < 0.01), diastolic pressure by 16 torr (P < 0.02), and heart rate by 23 beats/min (P < 0.01) in response to surgical stimulation. These results demonstrate the occurrence of significant hemodynamic responses to surgical stimuli in patients who fulfill the criteria of brain death, responses that do not, however, invalidate the current criteria for the diagnosis of brain death.
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U2 - 10.1213/00000539-198502000-00005
DO - 10.1213/00000539-198502000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 3882020
AN - SCOPUS:0022003810
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 64
SP - 125
EP - 128
JO - Anesthesia and analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and analgesia
IS - 2
ER -