Sentences with phrase «in deep comas»

It was hard not to think of him suddenly waking against the soft, invisible satin like the hundreds of people who had been buried in deep comas only to wake beneath the earth in terror.

Veatch would declare dead anyone who is persistently «vegetative,» who, despite being in a deep coma, continues to breathe and have sleep - wake cycles, and who actually may be aware of external stimuli, though it may be difficult to detect their awareness except by complex neurophysiologic imaging.

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And if so, surely similar denials of personhood could be applied to unborn children who are not yet «sentient», the severely mentally disabled, people in comas or persistent vegetative states, and indeed anyone in a very deep sleep.

What becomes of someone who lapses into a deep coma after 30 years of godless living, remains in that state for 10 years, then dies?

And taking a deeper look at how drugs are working during anesthesia might also yield helpful models for different neurological disorders, Brown says, noting the similarities between EEGs in patients under general anesthesia and those in comas.

And lest you think that I've gone off the deep end, or that I am currently stuck in a sweets coma, here's a lovely sugar - free Tropical Dessert Smoothie by Erin Sift, Stir & Savour to get us back on track.

In either case, congenital or an acquired dog liver shunt, there is a strong possibility that hepatic encephalopathy (disturbances of consciousness that may progress to deep hepatic coma) can occur as a primary symptom.

Executing a daring escape from prison, Jericho manages to hijack a police truck in a chase that eventually ends up with Tanner in the hospital, deep in a coma from his car accident injuries.