Coma
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A coma is a deep state of unconsciousness. An individual in a coma is alive but unable to move or respond to his or her environment. Coma may occur as a complication of an underlying illness, or as a result of injuries, such as head trauma.
A coma rarely lasts more than 2 to 4 weeks. The outcome for coma depends on the cause, severity, and site of the damage. People may come out of a coma with physical, intellectual, and psychological problems. Some people may remain in a coma for years or even decades. For those people, the most common cause of death is infection, such as pneumonia.
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Important Similarities Demonstrated In Coma And General Anesthesia
medicalnewstoday.com — “The brain under general anesthesia isn't asleep as surgery patients are often told -- it is placed into a state that is a reversible coma, according to three neuroscientists who have published a” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Coma and general anesthesia demonstrate important similarities
sciencedaily.com — “The brain under general anesthesia isn't "asleep" as surgery patients are often told -- it is placed into a state that is a reversible coma, according to three neuroscientists who have recently published an extensive review of general anesthesia, sleep and coma. This insight and others reported in their review article could eventually lead to new approaches to general anesthesia and improved diagnosis and treatment for sleep abnormalities and emergence from coma.” View full resource at sciencedaily.com
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Coma and General Anesthesia Demonstrate Important Similarities
newswise.com — “The brain under general anesthesia isn't "asleep" as surgery patients are often told -- it is placed into a state that is a reversible coma, according to three neuroscientists who have published an extensive review of general anesthesia, sleep and coma, in the Dec. 30 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. This insight and others reported in their review article could eventually lead to new approaches to general anesthesia and improved diagnosis and treatment for sleep abnormali” View full resource at newswise.com
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Coma and general anesthesia demonstrate important similarities
sciencedaily.com — “The brain under general anesthesia isn't "asleep" as surgery patients are often told -- it is placed into a state that is a reversible coma, according to three neuroscientists who have recently published an extensive review of general anesthesia, sleep and coma. This insight and others reported in their review article could eventually lead to new approaches to general anesthesia and improved diagnosis and treatment for sleep abnormalities and emergence from coma.” View full resource at sciencedaily.com
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General Anesthesia More Like Coma Than Sleep
medicalnewstoday.com — “General anesthesia and coma appear to share important similarities said US researchers who concluded the brain isn't asleep under general anesthesia, as surgery patients are often led to belie” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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A diabetic coma - Diabetes
healthcentral.com — “My BGs started going up in January or thereabouts, and no matter how much insulin I took, they just kept going up. One day I took 150 units to try to bring my B...” View full resource at healthcentral.com
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Abdominal Surgery Without General Anesthesia
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New Catholic mandate on comatose patients
sfgate.com — “The nation's Catholic hospitals, including three in the Bay Area, face a new religious mandate in the new year: to provide life-sustaining food, water and medicine to comatose patients who have no hope of recovery. The...” View full resource at sfgate.com
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Catholic physicians get directive to continue life support even if patient has irreversible condition. http://ow.ly/Tob7
Body Under General Anesthesia Tracks Closer to Coma than Sleep: Scientific American
scientificamerican.com — “Studying brain waves and physiologic patterns in patients under general anesthesia might help researchers build new neurological models of disorders, such as comas and insomnia” View full resource at scientificamerican.com
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Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma - Diabetic Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Coma - HHNK - NKHHC
diabetes.about.com — “Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic coma (HHNKC) is an extremely serious complication of type 2 diabetes, most often occurring in those who are non-insulin dependent. HHNKC is caused by severely elevated blood glucose levels, usually over 600 mg/dl. It is an emergency that requires immediate medical care.” View full resource at diabetes.about.com
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Foodtrainers: Thanksgiving: food coma avoidable
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NYT: Mubarak Said to Be in Coma, bu
mobile.nytimes.com — “Former President Hosni Mubarak's lawyer said that he had suffered a stroke and fallen into a coma, but the report was countered by at least one doctor at the hospital where Mr. Mubarak has been kept.” View full resource at mobile.nytimes.com
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