electrocerebral silence

e·lec·tro·ce·re·bral si·lence (ECS),

(ē-lek'trō-sĕ-rē'brăl sī'lens),

Flat or isoelectric encephalogram; an electroencephalogram with absence of cerebral activity over 2 mcv from symmetrically placed electrode pairs 10 (or more) cm apart, and with interelectrode resistance between 100-10,000 ohms; if such a record is present for 30 minutes in a clinically brain dead adult and if drug intoxication, hypothermia, and recent hypotension have been excluded, the diagnosis of cerebral death is supported.

Synonym(s): electrocerebral inactivity, flat electroencephalogram, isoelectric electroencephalogram

An EEG without cerebral activity over 2 µv from symmetrically placed electrode pairs > 10 cm apart, and with interelectrode resistance between 100 and 10,000 ohms; if present for 30 minutes in a clinically brain dead adult—and if drug intoxication, hypothermia, and recent hypotension have been excluded—the diagnosis of cerebral death is supported

electrocerebral silence

Electrocerebral inactivity, flat electroencephalogram, isoelectric encephalogram Neurology An EEG without cerebral activity over 2 µv from symmetrically placed electrode pairs > 10 cm apart, and with interelectrode resistance between 100 and 10,000 ohms; if present for 30 mins in a clinically brain dead adult and if drug intoxication, hypothermia, and recent hypotension have been excluded, the diagnosis of cerebral death is supported. See Brain death.

e·lec·tro·ce·re·bral si·lence

(ECS) (ĕ-lek'trō-ser'ĕ-brăl sī'lĕns)

Flat or isoelectric encephalogram; an electroencephalogram with absence of cerebral activity from symmetrically placed electrode pairs; if such a record is present for 30 minutes in a clinically brain-dead adult and if drug intoxication, hypothermia, and recent hypotension have been excluded, the diagnosis of cerebral death is supported.
Synonym(s): flat electroencephalogram.