Open AccessSingle-photon emission computed tomography imaging for brain death donor counseling
Author(s) -
Vijayanand Palaniswamy,
Suganya Sadhasivam,
Cibi Selvakumaran,
Priyadharsan Jayabal,
S. R. Ananth
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.188200
Subject(s) - medicine , organ donation , donation , test (biology) , transplantation , neuroimaging , intensive care medicine , medical physics , psychiatry , paleontology , economics , biology , economic growth
Organ donation awareness is very poor in India. We have a high demand for transplant organs with poor supply. Apnea test is the confirmatory test for brain death in our country. The Transplantation of Human Organs Act does not support any ancillary testing for the confirmation of brain death in our country. Radionuclide scan is used widely in western countries as a confirmatory test. We in our institution used this as a tool for family counseling with successful conversion rate.