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  2. Induced coma - Wikipedia

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    Induced coma usually results in significant systemic adverse effects. The patient is likely to completely lose respiratory drive and require mechanical ventilation ; gut motility is reduced; hypotension can complicate efforts to maintain cerebral perfusion pressure and often requires the use of vasopressor drugs.

  3. Coma - Wikipedia

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    People in a coma often require extensive medical care to maintain their health and prevent complications such as pneumonia or blood clots. [2] Coma patients exhibit a complete absence of wakefulness and are unable to consciously feel, speak or move. [3] [4] Comas can be the result of natural causes, or can be medically induced. [5]

  4. General anaesthesia - Wikipedia

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    General anaesthesia is usually induced in an operating theatre or in an anaesthetic room next to the theatre. More rarely, it may be induced in an endoscopy suite, intensive care unit, radiology or cardiology department, emergency department, ambulance, or even at the site of a disaster where extrication of the patient may be impractical.

  5. Olympic Skier Tereza Nová in a Medically Induced Coma After ...

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    Tereza Nová, an Olympic alpine skier, is in a medically induced coma. The Czech athlete, 26, was hospitalized with a serious head injury after experiencing a fall while training in Garmisch ...

  6. Hospital: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is ... - AOL

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    After being placed in a medically induced coma, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is "being weaned off mechanical ventilation" and is "responding to verbal stimuli," Berlin's Charité ...

  7. Bella Brave, a 10-year-old internet personality, is currently intubated and in a medically induced coma, her mother says. The young TikToker -- whose real name is Bella Thomson -- amassed millions ...

  8. Post-intensive care syndrome - Wikipedia

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    [26] [27] It is thought that medically induced sedation may contribute to the formation of delusional memories by raising the risk of delirium and hallucinations. Risk factors are similar to those for cognitive impairment following critical illness, and include severe sepsis , [ 28 ] acute respiratory distress syndrome , [ 29 ] respiratory ...

  9. Vegetative state - Wikipedia

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    A vegetative state (VS) or post-coma unresponsiveness (PCU) [1] is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness. After four weeks in a vegetative state, the patient is classified as being in a persistent vegetative state ( PVS ).