Approach to using the perfusion scan in Brain Death Evaluation Like any diagnostic test, a flow scan is only useful when applied in the correct clinical context. The presence of impaired flow may be consistent with the early phases of brain death, so in this case a repeat study should be considered in 12-24 hr. A normal scan should prompt an aggressive search for wrong-diagnosis brain death mimics. #Diagnosis #CriticalCare #NuclearMed #BrainDeath #Perfusion #Scan #Algorithm
