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Brainstem death is a clinical syndrome defined by the absence of reflexes with pathways through the brainstem – the "stalk" of the brain, which connects the spinal cord to the mid-brain, cerebellum and cerebral hemispheres – in a deeply comatose, ventilator-dependent patient. Identification of this state carries a very grave prognosis for survival…
Diagnosis, Evolution of diagnostic criteria & Criticism
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| Brainstem death | is a | clinical syndrome defined by the absence of reflexes with pathways through the brainstem | 0.90 | text |
| oesophageal | instance of | although the effect of that ultimate stimulus is sometimes seen after final disconnection of the ventilator in the form of agonal gasps.No testing of testable brain stem functions | 0.80 | text |
| cardiovascular regulation is specified in the UK Code of Practice for the diagnosis of death on neurological grounds | instance of | although the effect of that ultimate stimulus is sometimes seen after final disconnection of the ventilator in the form of agonal gasps.No testing of testable brain stem functions | 0.80 | text |
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