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The prognosis is improved if clinical death is caused by hypothermia rather than occurring prior to it; in 1999, 29-year-old Swedish woman Anna Bågenholm spent 80 minutes trapped in ice and survived with a near full recovery from a 13.7 °C core body temperature. It is said in emergency medicine that "nobody is dead until they are warm and dead."
The definition of legal death, and its formal documentation in a death certificate, vary according to the jurisdiction. The certification applies to somatic death , corresponding to death of the person, which has varying definitions but most commonly describes a lack of vital signs and brain function. [ 9 ]
A brain-dead individual has no clinical evidence of brain function upon physical examination. This includes no response to pain and no cranial nerve reflexes. Reflexes include pupillary response (fixed pupils), oculocephalic reflex, corneal reflex, no response to the caloric reflex test, and no spontaneous respirations.
A mother from Texas says she forgot giving birth to triplets after being declared “clinically dead” for 45 minutes.. Marisa Christie recalled her experience in the hospital in an interview ...
Debbie Biggles somehow managed to wake up after being declared clinically dead for 26 minutes. "She had suffered a heart attack at work. A coworker then performed CPR to try and get her breathing ...
Dead on arrival (DOA), also dead in the field, brought in dead (BID), or dead right there (DRT) are terms which indicate that a patient was found to be already clinically dead upon the arrival of professional medical assistance, often in the form of first responders such as emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, or police.
I agree that in common usage, "clinical death" is often used to mean a temporary cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions. But the UDDA definition includes both a definition of dead, as well as the clinical determination. So why is this not synonymous with the UDDA definition? Skeptic06 04:53, 3 January 2007 (UTC)Skeptic06
A Texas mother was “clinically dead” for 45 minutes after successfully delivering triplets during a planned C-section following a “catastrophic” medical occurrence that usually’s ...