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Ancillary Testing in Death MICHAËL CHASSÉ, MD, PHD, FRCPC ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE, UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL INTENSIVIST, DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, DIVISION OF CRITICAL CARE, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE QUÉBEC AFFILIATE INVESTIGATOR, THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Disclosures I received research funding for research related to the use of  ancillary testing in death by:  Canadian Institute for Health Research I have collaborations with:   Canadian Blood Services  Trillium Gift of Life  Transplant Québec  Canadian National Transplantation Research Program Learning objectives Review the current Canadian recommendations for ancillary testing  in death. Review the principal challenges associated with ancillary testing in  the neurological determination of death. Understand the limitations of the current evidence regarding  ancillary testing in the neurological determination of death. Clinical scenario  ♀48 Found unresponsive beside 2 empty bottles of nortryptilline  ROSC 10minutes CPR  Usual post CPR care and 3 days clinical observation  Day 4:   Clinical NDD: consistent with brain death (including apnea test) Day 5:   Second clinical exam by independent physician  Concerns of confounding  CT-angio ordered Why use ancillary tests for NDD? Clinical diagnosis is impossible   e.g. Severe facial trauma Confounding factor exists   e.g. Drug intoxication Which test should I use? Two “Categories” of ancillary tests  Brain blood flow (not about “activity”)   Conventional 4-vessel angio  CT-Angio  Nuclear Angio  MRI angio… Brain “activity” (so-called neurophysiological tests)   EEG  Evoked potentials Practice variations (USA) Neurology. 2008 Jan 22;70(4):284-9. Epub 2007 Dec 12. Practice variations (Spain) 42 ICUs  5% clinical Dx only  95% with ancillary test   71% EEG  35% TCD  7.4% Nuclear angio  2.4% CT-Angio  0.5% 4-vessel angio Anaesthesia 2015, 70, 1130–1139 Recommended tests (Canadian consensus) Radionuclide angiography  CT-angio  Conventional 4-vessel angio  MR-Angio or Xenon CT  Х CT-perfusion Х MR perfusion Х Transcranial Doppler Х EEG Х Evoked potentials

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Clinical NDD: consistent with brain death (including apnea test). ▷ Day 5: ▷ Second clinical exam by independent physician. ▷ Concerns of

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