Increase of ICP is an important issue relating to children in a comatose state. Several reports account that there is an age-dependent susceptibility to brain swelling in this age-related population.

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 ...

Andre Howard Jr. had just picked up his three children from school and taken them to Dunkin’ Donuts for an evening snack, a ...

Objective: Recent clinical studies have demonstrated that advanced age and low initial Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score were independent predictors of gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) in patients with ...

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Experts say cases like Wallis's, where the patient is able to talk fairly freely ... where Terry spent most of his time in the coma, say regular contact at weekends and special occasions with ...

Since she's white, we called her Clarinha.” The team considered the patient's coma high. “We classify coma on a scale of three to fifteen points. Fifteen is when the patient is awake and lucid ...

Four of five remaining Hawaii patients with severe injuries from the Aliamanu fireworks explosion are now awake, according to the director of the Arizona Burn Center.

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry this year started rolling out an online system to enable about 70 institutions with ...

The mother of a seven-year-old with a life-threatening blood disorder says despite treatments being the same as cancer, they ...

The state's health department appointed medical experts to the secondary medical board to decide when life-sustaining treatment can be stopped for terminally ill patients ...

Five of the six burn victims airlifted to Arizona are awake and will likely be discharged from the hospital within the next ...