18Sep/13

Discovery points to new tool to conserve brain activity of trauma patients – Montreal Gazette


Montreal Gazette

Discovery points to new tool to conserve brain activity of trauma patients
Montreal Gazette
“I do not think that families and patients should be concerned about a changing view of brain death, at least not yet,” he said. “What’s more important are the overwhelming data showing that the standard clinical criteria for brain death have been …

18Sep/13

Brain activity found after 'brain death' – Los Angeles Times


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Brain activity found after ‘brain death‘
Los Angeles Times
Maybe cats have nine lives, or maybe brain dead people aren’t so dead. Parts of the brain may still be active after a commonly used brain activity reading goes to a flat line, according to a study on cat brains published Wednesday in the online journal …
New Kind Of Brain Activity Found Beyond EEG ‘Flat-lined’ Deep ComaInternational Business Times
Discovery points to new tool to conserve brain activity of trauma patientsMontreal Gazette
Coma: Researchers Observe Never-Before-Detected Brain ActivityScience Daily (press release)

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18Sep/13

Organ donor's family meets recipients – WZZM


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Organ donor’s family meets recipients
WZZM
LANSING, Mich. (WZZM) — The Stillman family lost their daughter, Emily to meningitis earlier this year. Wednesday, their family grew exponentially. Emily Stillman, a 19-year-old from West Bloomfield, died in February. One of her lungs was transplanted …
2 men meet organ donor’s familyWOOD-TV
Parents share emotional meeting with men who received donor organs from …The Saginaw News – MLive.com

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18Sep/13

New Kind Of Brain Activity Found Beyond EEG 'Flat-lined' Deep Coma – International Business Times


International Business Times

New Kind Of Brain Activity Found Beyond EEG ‘Flat-lined’ Deep Coma
International Business Times
This is considered one of the boundary lines between having a living brain and brain death, but is not the only criteria that doctors use to declare someone brain-dead; there usually has to be evidence of structural damages in the brain as well. This …
Coma: Researchers observe never-before-detected brain activityMedical Xpress

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