title: A premature referral to the mortuary. Cerebral recovery with barbiturate therapy.
abstract: The authors report a patient in circulatory arrest with unusual spontaneous cardiopulmonary recovery in the mortuary. Cerebral outcome and clinical evaluation of various therapeutic modalities in postischemic encephalopathy are discussed briefly.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012151:Resuscitation