Chronic Brain-Dead Patients Who Exhibit Lazarus Sign.
10.13004/kjnt.2017.13.2.153
- Author:
Ji Won MOON
1
;
Dong Keun HYUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Inha University School of Medicine and Hospital, Incheon, Korea. dkhyun@inha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Brain death;
Brain stem;
Lazarus sign;
Reflex
- MeSH:
Brain Death;
Brain Stem;
Diagnosis;
Heart Arrest;
Humans;
Reflex;
Upper Extremity
- From:Korean Journal of Neurotrauma
2017;13(2):153-157
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Lazarus sign, a complex reflex movement of the upper limbs after brain death, is a rare occurrence. We report two patients who showed a Lazarus sign following a diagnosis of brain death. It has been accepted that cardiac arrest usually occurs within 1 week after brain death; however, the two patients described herein survived for over 100 days after brain death was diagnosed. This report is intended to examine the relationship between the Lazarus sign and long-term survival after brain death, as well as to share our rare experience.
