Brain Dead and Pregnant.
brain death critical care
brain death diagnosis
gestational diabetes insipidus
high-risk pregnancy
intracranial hemorrhage (ich)
panhypopituitarism
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
Historique:
accepted:
26
08
2023
medline:
27
9
2023
pubmed:
27
9
2023
entrez:
27
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The presence of pregnancy in a brain-dead woman is a rare circumstance. We present a case of a 31-year-old woman who was 22 weeks pregnant at the time of diagnosis of brain death after intracranial and subarachnoid hemorrhage. After a multidisciplinary approach, the decision was made to continue somatic support to maintain the pregnancy until optimal fetus viability. Cesarean section was performed after 11 weeks (33 weeks gestational age) of brain-death diagnosis with a successful delivery of a live infant. Management of brain-death complications during pregnancy is described.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37753021
doi: 10.7759/cureus.44172
pmc: PMC10519615
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e44172Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023, Moguillansky et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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