title: Single-photon emission computed tomography imaging for brain death donor counseling.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Adult Intensive Care Unit, Royal Darwin Hospital, Tiwi, Darwin, Australia.
authors.forename: Vijayanand
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Palaniswamy
authors.affiliation: Adult Intensive Care Unit, G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Suganya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadhasivam
authors.affiliation: Adult Intensive Care Unit, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Cibi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Selvakumaran
authors.affiliation: Adult Intensive Care Unit, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Priyadharsan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jayabal
authors.affiliation: Adult Intensive Care Unit, SRM Hospital and Research Centre, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ananth
keywords: Organ donation; radionuclide imaging; single-photon emission computed tomography