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Coma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma , meaning deep sleep) is a profound state of unconsciousness. A comatose person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to pain or light, does not ha...
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Overall, in coma cases, damage to the brain's "thinking, and life support centers" have occurred. When damage has occurred, bleeding in the brain, swelling and congestion of the damaged tissue is present. In extreme cases, brain swelling is so great that portions of the brain must be forcible squeezed out of the skull.
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Whether someone fully returns to normal after being in a coma depends on what caused the coma and how badly the brain may have been hurt. Sometimes people who come out of comas are just as they were before — they can remember what happened to them before the coma and can do everything they used to do.
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About Brain Injury: ... Understanding Coma ... 1.) Reactivity: Reactivity refers to the innate (or inborn) functions of the brain, i.e., the telereceptors (eyes and ears), the nociceptors (responses to pain), the arousal reaction (wakefulness) and the orienting response (turning one's head toward the source of sound or movement).
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Coma waiting page: Information and Resources about coma and traumatic brain injury for those who are waiting for someone to emerge from a coma. ... While Someone is in a Coma due to Brain Injur...
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BACKGROUND: Trauma patients with severe brain injury are at risk of secondary brain injury. Femur fractures, if present, should be repaired when potential causes of secondary brain injury have been corrected. METHODS: Sixty-one patients with severe or moderate closed head injury and femur fractures were identified.
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