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 ...

Some comatose patients with severe brain injury might be paying closer attention to their surroundings than previously ...

When a Twitter user mentioned that their aunt had just woken up from a 13-year coma, the internet, of course, jumped right in ...

Advocates from the community gathered at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest Wednesday morning to deliver a letter to the health network asking it not to send a comatose patient - who's an ...

Although coma patients cannot respond to their environment, many of the body's automatic functions — like breathing and digestion — continue, often with medical support. However, higher brain ...

First-person, subjective definitions of coma emphasize the absence of inner consciousness or awareness from the perspective of the patient. By contrast, third-person, objective definitions declare ...