[Johan Bollen]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door circe

jamaar die verschijnselen zijn er hoor!
Alleen liggen de breindode personen gewoonlijk vast aan long- en hartmachines.

Ik ben geen medicus, maar ik denk dat je je daar vergist. Het is zelfs zo dat de conditie 'hersendood' niet zo gemakkelijk te onderscheiden is van andere medische condities.

It is important to distinguish between brain death and states that may mimic brain death (e.g., barbiturate intoxication, alcohol intoxication, sedative overdose, hypothermia, hypoglycemia, coma or chronic vegetative states). Some comatose patients can recover, and some patients with severe irreversible neurologic dysfunction will nonetheless retain some lower brain functions such as spontaneous respiration, despite the losses of both cortex and brainstem functionality. Thus, anencephaly, in which there is no higher brain present, is generally not considered brain death, though it is certainly an irreversible condition in which it may be appropriate to withdraw life support.