Decoding the phenomenon 'the resurrection from the dead'

Lazarus Syndrome, hypothermia, "seizure" . is hypothesized to have a person declared dead and resurrected, but still a mystery.

Benjamin Franklin once said: "In this world there is no certainty than death and tax." However, in the clinical setting, when a person stops breathing, the heart and organs stop working, it is not possible to confirm that they are dead.

According to Medicalnewstoday, in 2014 an 80-year-old woman was "frozen" in the hospital after being misdiagnosed. That same year, a New York hospital declared a brain-dead woman after taking an overdose. The woman woke up soon after being taken to the surgery room for organs.

In another case, 91-year-old Janina Kolkiewicz is determined by doctors to die when her heart stops beating and is no longer breathing. Everyone prepares burial rites for her in the hospital, 11 hours later Janina Kolkiewicz suddenly wakes up expressing her craving for tea and pancakes. She became a phenomenon of 'returning from the dead'.

In 2001, a 66-year-old man stopped his heart in an abdominal aneurysm surgery. Doctor for 17 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation effort, defibrillation ., the patient still did not regain consciousness. Finally the doctors determined he was dead. However, unexpectedly this man's heart worked again within 10 minutes.

In this world there is no more certainty than death and taxes.(Photo: Medicalnewstoday).

According to scientists, these seemingly extraordinary death stories are a sign of Lazarus syndrome. This syndrome is defined as the delayed return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiopulmonary arrest. When this pressure stops working, it gradually releases and the heart and lungs begin to work again. Since 1982, when the Lazarus phenomenon was first described in medicine, there have been at least 38 cases recorded. Patients who are determined to die after cardiac arrest will wake up and function normally.

Research published in 2007 by Vedamurthy Adhiyaman and colleagues said that about 82% of people with Lazarus syndrome occur within 10 minutes when the heart lung stops beating. 45% of patients recover well after waking up.

A question arises is the inactivity of organs in the body due to the delay of circulation or the lack of continuous resuscitation techniques in the hospital. Currently, scientists in the world have not fully explained this Lazarus phenomenon. However, they believe that this syndrome is more common than previous studies.

One theory is that this is due to the side effects of resuscitation drugs, such as Adrenaline. In addition, too high blood potassium levels are also hypothesized for the Lazarus phenomenon. Scientists think that 'It is not called' death to live again ', because the patient of Lazarus has never died.'

So how do you know if a person is actually dead? According to scientists, there are two forms of death: clinical death and biological death. Clinical death is defined as having no heart rate, no breathing, and biological death is without brain activity. From this definition, you can tell if a person is dead. However, in some cases, it is not so simple.

Some medical manifestations can diagnose dead patients such as hypothermia, paralysis and 'arrest', a syndrome in which the patient is still fully alert but unable to respond. Accordingly, when the body suddenly drops its temperature, it is easy to get prolonged exposure and cold, causing death. Some patients with hypothermia cause heart rate and breathing to be slow, so nearly impossible to detect, thinking that they are dead.

Hypothermia is also responsible for the misdiagnosis of the death of a newborn baby in Canada in 2013. The baby is born on the sidewalk in cold temperatures. The doctors could not feel her heartbeat and breathing. Baby was declared dead. Two hours later, the baby began to move.

Dr. Michael Klein, University of British Columbia in Canada, said that the baby's exposure to cold temperatures made the entire traffic stop. Meanwhile the child's neurological condition remains active and is still perceived in the cold.

Many people with "arrest syndrome" exhibit slow breathing, decreased sensitivity and complete immobility, which can last from a few minutes to several weeks. This situation can arise as epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. Accordingly, patients are aware of the surrounding environment but completely paralyzed the muscles voluntarily, except for muscles that control eye movement. Therefore, many people were declared wrong "dead" . Luckily, according to researchers, extremely rare Lazarus syndrome.

Researchers recommend that patients should be monitored for 10 minutes after death, as that is the timeframe for spontaneous circulation to be delayed. It should not be immediately concluded that the patient has died of signs of cardiac arrest, lung arrest and apnea. Health care professionals and researchers share the idea that qualified physicians and modern medical equipment can identify a dead person.