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Mostly dead is slightly alive

2025/6/16
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Bird Pinkerton: 死亡的定义随着医疗技术的发展变得越来越模糊。过去,心跳和呼吸停止是判断死亡的标准,但现在有了呼吸机等技术,即使大脑受损的人也能存活。因此,医学界引入了脑死亡的概念,即不可逆转的脑损伤。然而,在某些特殊情况下,例如深低温循环停止术,患者可能既没有脑活动也没有心跳,但仍然存活,这给死亡的定义带来了新的挑战。 Adam Richman: 作为一名体外循环灌注师,我经常在心脏手术中使用深低温循环停止术。这种技术通过降低患者的体温来减缓其代谢过程,甚至可以使脑电活动停止。在这种情况下,患者实际上处于一种介于生死之间的状态,他们的生命完全依赖于心肺机的支持。这让我对死亡的定义产生了深刻的疑问:当大脑和心脏都停止工作时,但身体仍然有血液流动,这是否意味着患者已经死亡?

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When bringing people to the edge of death is your day job.

Guest: Adam Richman, perfusionist at the Mayo Clinic⁠) and Unexplainable listener.

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