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2013, Handbook of Clinical NeurologyCitation Excerpt :These responses are not classifiable as decorticate or extensor responses. These responses are uncommon, but include triple flexion responses, finger flexion or extension, head turning, and slow arm lifting (Conci et al., 1986; Christie et al., 1996; Bueri et al., 2000; Martí-Fàbregas et al., 2000; de Freitas and Andre, 2005; Jung et al., 2006; Araullo et al., 2007; Zubkov and Wijdicks, 2008). These movements do on occasion cause concern for the family members (and even transplant surgeons) if not properly explained.
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2006, Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and PainCitation Excerpt :Other abnormal but permissible signs that are also spinally mediated include the undulating toe sign, as well as the inaptly termed “Lazarus sign.”7 This sign may consist of spontaneous slight abduction/adduction of an extremity,8 raising of the torso to a 40-60° angle, head turning to the side,9 arm raising, or back arching. Lazarus signs are seen in patients who otherwise fulfill the clinical and ancillary testing diagnosis of brain death, and thus are known to be spinally mediated.