X-Message-Number: 1483 From: Subject: CRYONICS Neurological damage Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 19:46:42 PST In msg #1474 Steve Harris gives us good reasons to believe (in the case of a well attended cryonicist dying under expected conditions) that relatively minor neurological damage occurs before clinical death. His arguments are certainly well supported by the literature about shock; while other parts of the body (kidneys and liver) might suffer considerable damage from prolonged low blood flow, the brain seems to be rather well protected from similar damage--at least down to the point where breathing stops. As a practical matter, I will quit worrying about pre clinical death brain damage. Unfortunately, only two of the last six patients had prompt and very effective restoration of well oxygenated blood flow to the brain following clinical death, so *post* clinical death neurological damage is still a serious concern. I can go into the details of these cases, and look up more cases, if anyone is interested. Keith Henson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1483