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What Causes Upright Position Of A Person Before Death?
my sister had a stroke and died, she was on life support for a few days, after our family made the decision to take her off. a few hours before that while in her room she sat stright up and laid back down. this was her only movement in 5 days. we were told by nurses this was called acrhing. is this correct and what exacty was this.
Mon, 21 Mar 2016
it could be related to the eleveated blood pressure due to postural hypertension. going onto the slow degree induced elevation of the patient should have been helpful. depending onto the physical and physiological parameters the patients respond can be predicted
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