The NINCDS Collaborative Study of Brain DeathU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, 1981 - Brain death - 203 pages |
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12 hours 24 hours angiography apnea and ECS astrocytes audio-ocular autopsy barbiturate biological activity blood pressure brain activity brain waves brainstem cardiac arrest cardiac death cells Center cerebellum cerebral blood flow cerebral circulation cerebral death clinical criteria coma coma and apnea corneal reflex correlation criteria of cerebral dead brain diagnosis of brain disease drug intoxication ECS for 24 edema EEG PATTERN EEG's electrocerebral silence electroencephalographic equivocal EXAMINATIONS COMPLETED 100 final examination hemorrhage herniation hypothermia induced movements initial EEG initial examination intoxicated survivors intracranial irreversible coma jaw jerk Korein lesion muscle tone N.Y. Acad necrosis Neurol normal oculocephalic oculocephalic reflex onset percent pharyngeal phi coefficients POSITIVE OF EXAMINATIONS postmortem presumptive brain death pupillary light pupillary light reflex pupils Purkinje cells Reflexes Present reflexes were present respirator brain responses resuscitation snout reflexes spinal cord spinal reflexes spontaneous movements spontaneous respirations systolic tendon reflexes vestibular reflexes Walker