In the April 2021 issue of Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences, Calixto Machado shows that Jahi McMath was not dead even though several California neurologists had earlier confirmed she satisfied prevailing tests and measures for determining death by neurological criteria.
"Although the patient fulfilled clinical BD criteria, the preservation of intracranial structures . . ., EEG over 2 μV, conservation of HRV components, and autonomic reactivity response to the “mother talks” stimulus, demonstrated remaining brain function in both brainstem and cerebral hemispheres, rejecting that she was braindead."
However, multiple perfusion scans showed not blood flow to the brain. The diagnosis was not just made on clinical findings
ReplyDeleteIf multiple perfusion scans showed no blood flow to the brain, and there are visible un-liquefied brain structures present, then these perfusion tests are insensitive to measure physiologic adequate perfusion in severe state of brain damage.
DeleteIf what you say is correct, this also raises a bigger critical question if current tests that are showing no brain blood flow are trustworthy and accurate enough to confirm the diagnosis of death in these patients.
Professor Pope: Will Uniform Law Commission take into account these new scientific discoveries about human consciousness if they proceed with revising the UDDA ?
ReplyDeleteIf the study committee recommends a drafting committee and that recommendation is approved, the drafting committee will include neurologists and other scientific and medical experts who are on top of the studies.
ReplyDelete