coma
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The Glasgow Coma Scale is a 3 to 15 point measure used to assess consciousness after a brain injury.
From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026
"A Definition of Irreversible Coma" brought the concept of brain death into the vernacular and put the emerging field of organ transplantation front and center within it.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023
The term “locked in” was coined in 1966 by neurologists Fred Plum and Jerome Posner in their monograph The Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma.
From Scientific American • Oct. 21, 2022
“It’s a game-changer,” said Steven Laureys, a neurologist and researcher who leads the Coma Science Group at the University of Liège in Belgium and was not involved in the study.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2022
“Her Glasgow Coma is an eight. Let’s bag her now!” she screams.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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