Comatose survivors of cardiac arrest didn't benefit from intense treatment of seizure-like activity on continuous electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring, the TELSTAR trial showed. Between people ...

Neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists injected a biosynthetic "glue" to seal off a spinal fluid leak and restore a comatose patient to consciousness. An article describing the case appears in the ...

Most comatose patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest who died after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST) were considered by experts to have recovery potential of at least 1%, according to a ...

Holding off on intubation for patients in a coma with suspected acute poisoning safely got them home sooner in the NICO randomized trial. A conservative strategy of withholding intubation had a win ...

Some comatose patients with severe brain injury might be paying closer attention to their surroundings than previously thought, a new study says. About 1 in 4 patients respond to instructions covertly ...

Scientists have discovered a hidden sign of consciousness in comatose patients that shows they can hear and understand the world around them. The study found bursts of organized, fast frequencies in ...

Imagine waking up in a hospital room. The last thing you remember is a terrible car crash. A doctor holds your hand and asks you to squeeze it. You try as hard as you can, but nothing happens—not even ...