Irish medical journal
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Irish medical journal · Mar 1991
Case ReportsReflex spinal cord activity as a cause of a delay in the diagnosis of brain death.
A 56 year old woman was admitted to our hospital following a fall in which she sustained an acute subdural haematoma. She failed to respond to treatment despite surgical intervention and active brain protection measures. ⋯ This delayed decision making and organ donation. We report this case in order to highlight this problem which may be encountered during brain stem function testing.