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Neurocritical Care
Published in: Neurocritical Care 3/2018

01-12-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Response to Lewis A: Reconciling the Case of Jahi Mcmath

Authors: Calixto Machado, Mario Estévez, Phillip A. DeFina, Gerry Leisman

Published in: Neurocritical Care | Issue 3/2018

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Lewis commented the results of Dr. Machado et al., studying Jahi’s brain [1]. Preservation of intracranial structures, in both the brain stem and cerebral hemispheres, was documented 9 months after a cardiac arrest. Conceptually, a brain-dead patient has a complete absence of intracranial cerebral blood flow. Hence, this contradicts a brain death (BD) diagnosis in Jahi [2]. …
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Machado C, DeFina PA, Estevez M, et al. A reason for care in the clinical evaluation of function on the spectrum of Consciousness. Funct Neurol Rehabil Ergon. 2017;7:43–53.
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Special Task Force. Guidelines for the determination of brain death in children. Pediatrics. 1987;80:293–7.
Metadata
Title
Response to Lewis A: Reconciling the Case of Jahi Mcmath
Authors
Calixto Machado
Mario Estévez
Phillip A. DeFina
Gerry Leisman
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Neurocritical Care / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 1541-6933
Electronic ISSN: 1556-0961
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-018-0602-0

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