Open AccessBilateral Pneumothorax during Apnea Test: A Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s) -
Ali Ahişkalıoğlu,
Elif Oral Ahıskalıoğlu,
Ahmet Murat Yayık,
Ahmet Kacıroğlu,
Bahadır Çiftçi,
Nazım Doğan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
türk yoğun bakım derneği dergisi/türk yoğun bakım dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-6416
pISSN - 2147-267X
DOI - 10.4274/tybdd.97759
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , test (biology) , apnea , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , surgery , geology , paleontology
Brain death is characterized by irreversible loss of all brain functions and it is defined as a clinical condition where intracranial circulation stops. Apnea test is one of the tests which is used in the clinical diagnosis of brain death, absence of brain stem reflexes, and as a complement to absence of motor response to painful stimulants. Apnea test is a test which has a high complication rate. Complications such as hypoxia, hypotension, acidosis, cardiac arrhythmia, asystole, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and pneumoperitoneum may develop during an apnea test. In this case report, a patient with biletarel pneumothorax due to air trapping because of an oxygen cannula blocking the airway