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Elaine Esposito (December 3, 1934 – November 25, 1978) [1] held the record for the longest period of time in a coma according to Guinness World Records, having lost consciousness in 1941 and eventually dying in that condition more than 37 years later.
Coma start Duration Coma end Nationality Details Munira Abdulla [1] 1959 1991 27 years 2018 Emirati: Coma caused by a car crash. Riaan Bolton [2] 1980 2003, July 3 years 2006 South African: Suffered severe brain trauma in a car crash. Emerged when his family learned about the effect of the drug Zolpidem on fellow coma victim Louis Viljoen (see ...
An induced coma – also known as a medically induced coma (MIC), barbiturate-induced coma, or drug-induced coma – is a temporary coma (a deep state of unconsciousness) brought on by a controlled dose of an anesthetic drug, often a barbiturate such as pentobarbital or thiopental.
It was then that Lewis was placed in a medically induced coma, when doctors removed the dead tissue — which included half of her pancreas. She spent a total of six months in the hospital ...
When I was brought out of the medically induced coma after 22 days, things were still foggy, but I immediately started rehab after getting moved from the intensive care unit up to the fifth floor ...
She had “severe brain bleeding” and was put into a medically induced coma, according to a GoFundMe page set up by her sisters, which has raised more than $338,000 as of March 31. (TODAY.com ...
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]
Two days after retiring, Poza went into a medically induced coma for 45 days during which he suffered from cardiac arrhythmias and hypertensive crisis. [9] On 28 January, the Chamber of Senators erroneously released a statement regretting that Pozo had died. The news release was denied the same day by Pozo's son and retracted the following day ...