A South Korean study suggests that the loss of the corneal reflex — the automatic blink when the eye is touched — can indicate a high likelihood of death within 24 hours in hospice patients.
Like many hospice clinicians, Jung Hun Kang, MD, PhD, had noticed the disappearance of the corneal reflex in his dying patients. But unlike most, he decided to investigate. His new study, published in ...
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Loss of corneal reflex linked to 24-hour death risk
A South Korean study has found that loss of the corneal reflex — the automatic blink when the eye is touched — is strongly linked to death within 24 hours in hospice patients with advanced cancer.
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