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
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

e44172

Informations 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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Auteurs

Natalia Moguillansky (N)

Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, USA.

Michael Mathelier (M)

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA.

Ibrahim S Tuna (IS)

Department of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA.

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