Tag: COMA
Study Detects Cognitive Motor Dissociation in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness
About 25 percent of those without observable response to commands had cognitive motor dissociation
Survival Possible for Some With TBI for Whom Treatment Was Withdrawn
Some with TBI who underwent withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment could have regained at least partial independence
Withholding Intubation Helpful for Comatose Patients With Acute Poisoning
Benefits seen for composite of in-hospital death and length of intensive care unit and hospital stay
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Tied to Mortality for Neurologic Conditions
Increased odds of 30-day mortality ranges from 2.46 to 1.23 for nontraumatic coma and stroke
Antiseizure Treatment Explored in Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors
Strategy to suppress rhythmic and periodic EEG patterns did not improve neurologic outcomes at three months
Hypothermia Does Not Cut Deaths in Patients With Coma After Cardiac Arrest
At six months, no reduction seen in death, severe disability or worse for those managed with hypothermia versus normothermia
Dexmedetomidine No Better Than Propofol for Adults With Sepsis
For light sedation of mechanically ventilated patients with sepsis, number of days alive without delirium or coma similar between groups
