Word: coma
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...31—Haley’s in a coma, and Luke’s pretty bummed, even though he was hitting on Regan (Alexandra M. Ohanian ’05) only a minute before Haley went down...
...Almond said. But in the brain, where the skull gives cells little room to expand, it can become a problem. Almond noted that in “very rare instances,” increased pressure in the brain caused by swelling can lead to confusion, altered mental status, seizures, coma, or death...
...rumors, fed by his wan and wasted appearance, had circulated for days. Rock Hudson, it was said, was suffering from liver cancer and slipping in and out of a coma at the American Hospital in the Paris suburb of Neuilly. Reality was more shocking than rumor. At the hospital last week, a spokeswoman for the actor bluntly announced, "Mr. Rock Hudson has acquired immune deficiency syndrome...
...reason that a growing number of doctors seem willing to lend a hand in bringing lives to a close--and not all of those physicians are in Oregon. Many doctors admit to being willing to administer so-called terminal sedation, raising drug levels high enough to induce a fatal coma. Others simply increase morphine doses until the patient stops breathing. In 1998 the New England Journal of Medicine published a physician survey showing that when patients asked for lethal prescriptions, 16% of doctors complied, albeit quietly. "Aid in dying happens in every state," says assemblywoman Patty Berg, co-sponsor...
...Toledo, Ohio, voted 5 to 3 to remove her feeding tube. She had been in a persistent vegetative state since May, when she suffered multiple strokes. Her mother Joyce Moran voted against removal. Years ago, Moran's brother-in-law had needed six months to emerge from a coma; what if Rudolph needed that time too? The family compromised, agreeing not to take immediate action. But by November, Moran had gone through an intense period of prayer, research and discussion with the doctors and her priest. On Nov. 8, doctors removed Rudolph's feeding tube but kept her on morphine...