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Interesting. So it sounds like after some period of time, an MRI or CT should be able to show that a 'beating-heart cadaver' is truly brain dead. My understan
by diggernet 10y ago
Interesting. So it sounds like after some period of time, an MRI or CT should be able to show that a 'beating-heart cadaver' is truly brain dead.
My understanding of comatose/vegetative patients is that it is a different case, where an EEG would actually show some activity. Is that correct?
As for the patient you mention... Wow! Fascinating!
What is the definition of 'awake' in his case, how did they not know, and how did they discover??
- notanote 10y agoA mostly fluid filled skull is not an indication of brain death, in fact there are cases of people with most of their brains spread in a thin layer against their skull. [1] The name for aware but apparently comatose cases is locked-in syndrome. [2] A nightmare scenario for sure. [1] http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=6116 http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=6116 [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome