robin082006
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A 20-year-old Caucasian male is on mechanical ventilation after sustaining a severe head trauma in a car accident. He is unresponsive to various stimuli. His blood pressure is 100/60 mmHg and heart rate is 110/min. You have been monitoring the patient for six hours and then decide to do a bedside assessment of brain death. Which of the following can be present in a patient with brain death?
A. Pupillary light reaction
B. Oculovestibular reaction
C. Heart acceleration after atropine injection
D. Spontaneous respiration at Pco2 = 60 mmHg
E. Deep tendon reflexes
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| sarika
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| prathapdoctor
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E is the right answer,deep tendon reflexes can be present in brain death because spinal cord is intact.
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