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Question: True statements about brain death
- The patient has a flat EEG
- The patient has a flat ECG
- Apnea test involves complete cessation of airflow into the airways
- Loss of gag reflex
- Absence of limb movements
Answers:
- true
- false
- false
- true
- false
Explanation:
Prerequisites:
1. The aetiology of coma should be known.
2. Confounding conditions should be excluded ( severe metabolic, endocrinal, and acid-base derangements, drug intoxication)
3. Five half-lives of drug clearance (adjusted to renal and hepatic functions) should be allowed in case the patient is on an intoxicating drug.
4. Core body temperature should be more than 36 degrees C.
5. Achieve systolic blood pressure (SBP) more than 100 mmHg, often accomplished using vasopressors or vasopressin
Criteria:
Physical examination
The response to pain and assessment of brain stem reflexes. Loss of response to central pain and absence of brain stem reflexes occurs in brain death. Neither eye response nor motor reflexes are detectable in brain death. It is important to note that some spinal reflexes can be present in patients with brain death, includes involuntary limb movements.
Apnea test
During the test, oxygen should be supplemented using a cannula connected to the endotracheal tube at 6 L/min, or T piece at 12 L/min, or using CPAP of 5 to 10 cm H2O.
Ancillary tests
cerebral angiography
transcranial ultrasound
radionucleotide brain imaging
EEG
somatosensory evoked potentials
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EDAIC Part-1 Mock-test (1), Paper A with MCQ explanations.
EDAIC mock-tests are designed to get you accustomed to the feel and pattern of the examination. These are time-limited question papers that mimic the difficulty level of EDAIC MCQ exams. For each paper, you will have a prefixed time slot of 2 hours (just like the real exam). After the submission, your score will be mailed to you with explanations (if you had opted for the test + explanation).
It is an excellent opportunity for practice and revision for the exam-going candidates.
You can take the mock test at your convenience making sure you have 2 uninterrupted hours as the test will close in 2 hours after you start the exam.
We recommend that you take the complete test (A and B) on the same day with at least 1-hour break between attempting Paper A and Paper B.\
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EDAIC Mock-test (1), Paper B with MCQ explanations.
EDAIC mock-tests are designed to get you accustomed to the feel and pattern of the examination. These are time-limited question papers that mimic the difficulty level of EDAIC MCQ exams. For each paper, you will have a prefixed time slot of 2 hours (just like the real exam). After the submission, your score will be mailed to you with explanations (if you had opted for the test + explanation).
It is an excellent opportunity for practice and revision for the exam-going candidates.
You can take the mock test at your convenience making sure you have 2 uninterrupted hours as the test will close in 2 hours after you start the exam.
We recommend that you take the complete test (A and B) on the same day with at least 1-hour break between attempting Paper A and Paper B.
For EDAIC mock-test(1), Paper A with MCQ explanations click here.
