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7560480

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
A 46-year-old man was diagnosed clinically brain dead after sustaining head trauma. The patient was in deep coma, brain nerves were unresponsive and spontaneous breathing was absent. However, EEG showed well preserved activity, but no reactivity to external stimuli. EEG activity disappeared within 40 h. BAEP were highly abnormal, flash-VEP as recorded 3 h after the diagnosis of brain stem death was of high amplitude but of simplified form. The neurophysiological findings revealed that the main reason for deep coma was brain stem damage while cortical activity was still present. This condition raises ethical questions when brain death is diagnosed clinically prior to removal of organs for transplantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0342-4642
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
76-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Significance of electrical brain activity in brain-stem death.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anaesthesia, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports