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  • Title: [Significance of early acoustic evoked potentials in the diagnosis of brain death].
    Author: Stöhr M, Trost E, Ullrich A, Riffel B, Wengert P.
    Journal: Dtsch Med Wochenschr; 1986 Oct 03; 111(40):1515-9. PubMed ID: 3757815.
    Abstract:
    Tests of early acoustic evoked potentials in 49 patients in whom clinical and EEG criteria indicated brain death demonstrated a bilateral loss of brainstem-generated components III to V in 12.6%, a loss of the components II-V in 16.8% and a loss of all early acoustic evoked potentials in 47.4%. This method, practicable in an intensive care unit, seems thus suitable for demonstrating loss of brainstem function as demanded for diagnosis of brain death.
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