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Erschienen in: Critical Care 6/2013

01.12.2013 | Letter

Movements after the clinical diagnosis of brain death: supraspinal motor responses or spinal reflexes

verfasst von: Mohamed Y Rady, Joseph L Verheijde

Erschienen in: Critical Care | Ausgabe 6/2013

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In a recent issue of Critical Care, Wu and Orizaola Balaguer [1] hypothesized that nociceptive head turning after brain death (BD) is a spinal reflex. We argue that it can be a supraspinal response, which would invalidate a diagnosis of BD. …
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Titel
Movements after the clinical diagnosis of brain death: supraspinal motor responses or spinal reflexes
verfasst von
Mohamed Y Rady
Joseph L Verheijde
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2013
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Critical Care / Ausgabe 6/2013
Elektronische ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc13117

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