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7702697

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
The reversal of diastolic cerebral blood flow has been regarded as a characteristic waveform of brain death and a useful confirming sign. We report 2 patients who had diastolic flow reversal but survived. One, a 1-month-old boy with status epilepticus, had reversal of diastolic cerebral blood flow detected by Doppler ultrasound soon after admission. Reversal disappeared after medical management for increased intracranial pressure and seizure control. He recovered without sequelae. The other, a 6-month-old girl with choroid plexus papilloma, had reversal of diastolic flow during abrupt clinical deterioration. Emergent surgical removal of the tumor was performed and she survived with hemiparesis and psychomotor retardation. Our patients demonstrated that even in the presence of diastolic reversal of cerebral blood flow, prompt and effective treatment can avoid a fatal outcome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0887-8994
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
337-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Reversal of diastolic cerebral blood flow in infants without brain death.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports