Subjective definitions of coma emphasize the absence of inner consciousness or awareness from the perspective of the patient. Objective definitions of coma consider a certain set of external signs ...

Status epilepticus is a frequent condition in comatose patients that carries a poor prognosis. Mortality depends on the age group and also on etiology. In pediatric age groups, a mortality rate of ...

The presence of a dog can sometimes work wonders. One very special area of application is working with coma patients. All it takes is for the therapy dogs to lie beside them and keep them company.

The post comes as UnitedHealthcare is the target of public outrage because of its high denial of claims. Its 50-year-old CEO Brian Thompson was killed on December 4 in New York by accused Luigi ...

Coma survivors have shared a range of incredible stories, often acquiring new abilities, developing new obsessions, or undergoing a complete transformation in their perception of the world. Curious?

Patients, pregnant women, senior citizens, and other visitors to the Ponda Sub District Hospital (SDH) are having a tough ...

Sustained downgaze eye deviation is occasionally associated with lesions affecting the dorsal midbrain, usually thalamic haemorrhage. In stuporous or comatose patients, however, this downgaze does not ...

This prospective study was undertaken to examine the reliability of a set of clinical criteria adopted in Taiwan. One hundred and forty deeply comatose patients (101 men, 39 women; mean age 49.5 (SD ...

When Brenda Herback woke up the morning she was set to fly to France from Regina for a vacation, she had no idea she would be ...

Kevin Foster, Director of the Arizona Burn Center. Even though all six patients are still intubated and in a medically ...

Following resuscitation from cardiorespiratory arrest 80% of patients are comatose. Of these patients, 20% will survive and regain consciousness. Is it possible to predict an individual’s long term ...

The 18-year-old, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy and Scoliosis, was told there were no beds available and placed in the ...