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Head turning in brain death
J M Christie1, T D O'Lenic, R D Cane
1University of South Florida College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Tampa 33612-4788, USA.
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
Criteria for determination of brain death in adults have been defined. Spinal cord reflexes may persist after brain death. We present the case of a brain dead patient who had a complex spinal automatism resulting in head shaking and arm extension. The report reviews guidelines for the diagnosis of brain death and discusses complex spinal cord reflexes in brain dead patients.