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Millions of people have reported near-death experiences since cardiopulmonary resuscitation, better known as CPR, was invented in 1960, said Dr. Sam Parnia, an NYU Langone Health intensive care ...
In the first-of-its-kind study published Thursday in the journal Resuscitation, Parnia and colleagues in the United States and the United Kingdom monitored 567 people who underwent cardiac arrest ...
The adolescent brain is 60 times more sensitive to components of the metabolic chain reaction that occurs after trauma, resulting in more diffuse cerebral swelling. [41] After the initial concussion, the children and young adults are more likely to sustain a second impact within the first two weeks.
Post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) is an inflammatory state of pathophysiology that can occur after a patient is resuscitated from a cardiac arrest. [1] While in a state of cardiac arrest, the body experiences a unique state of global ischemia .
The ischemic (ischaemic) cascade is a series of biochemical reactions that are initiated in the brain and other aerobic tissues after seconds to minutes of ischemia (inadequate blood supply). [1] This is typically secondary to stroke , injury, or cardiac arrest due to heart attack .
Body camera footage from what officials have called "an attack" that took place inside a New York state correctional facility resulting in the death of an inmate was released by the New York State ...
The ultimate consequence of cytotoxic edema is the oncotic death of neurons. [1] The swelling of the individual cells of the brain is the main distinguishing characteristic of cytotoxic edema, as opposed to vasogenic edema, wherein the influx of fluid is typically seen in the interstitial space rather than within the cells themselves. [20]
A 22-year-old Alabama inmate was left brain-dead following a brutal prison assault and died the day he was supposed to have been released, leaving his family demanding answers and justice.