A SIMPLE BEDSIDE EVALUATION FOR CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW IN THE STUDY OF CEREBRAL DEATH: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON 34 DEEPLY COMATOSE PATIENTS

Abstract

Thirty-four deeply comatose patients without spontaneous respiration were studied prospectively for the presence of CBF by the portable technique described above. The results were correlated with clinical, EEG and neuropathologic findings. The study indicates that the incorporation of this technique into the criteria for diagnosis of cerebral death would significantly add to the reliability and shorten the time required for diagnosis.