Near-death experiences Only oxygen deficiency?

Near-death experience: only oxygen deficiency in the brain? Researchers at three of the country's largest Slovenian hospitals attribute near-death experiences of reanimated people to the high level of carbon dioxide among those affected.

The researchers Zalika Klemenc-Ketis, Stefek Grmec and Janko Kersnik from the University of Maribor in their study successfully investigated the effect of the partial pressure of oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (Co2) and the serum values ​​of sodium (Na) and potassium (K) on 52 reanimated patients, with a mean age of 53.1 years. 42 of the resuscitated patients were men.

A near-death experience (NDE) was reported by 11 of the participants, ie around 21 percent. One calls a near-death experience (NDE) an experience that occurs in people with a short-term cardiac arrest. Those affected often report hovering above the location and lights at the end of a tunnel.

An increase in the Co2 and potassium levels in the blood of people with cardiac arrest occurs within minutes. These values, especially the increased Co2 content (hypercapnia), were associated with increased near-death experiences. Carbon dioxide changes certain metabolic processes in the brain and should be responsible for the later reported events, according to the scientists.

The term of the Thanatologie denotes a science among other things near-death experience. A well-known representative is the Swiss physician Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004). She is considered to be the founder of mortality research, but has very strongly incorporated her own interpretations into her work. (Thorsten Fischer, Naturopath Osteopathy, 09.04.2010)