Thesaurus entry: comatose

Thesaurus entry: comatose
The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus;      221 words ...comatose • adjective   1. he was comatose after the accident synonyms : unconscious, in a coma, insensible, insensate.   2. informal she lay comatose in the sun synonyms : inert, inactive, lethargic ...

Article: The Comatose Patient.(Book review)
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The Comatose Patient Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, Oxford ... valuable book for neuroscience nurses, The Comatose Patient offers a new and very practical ... involved in the management of patients in a comatose state. Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, the ...

Article: Feeding the Comatose Patient; Procedures Create Major ...
The Washington Post;  June 26, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... Denying food and water to a permanently comatose patient is a charged issue. While nourishment ... tubes. Many believe that permanently comatose patients require little maintenance and ... Combine this with the reclining position of comatose patients, the fact that normal digestive ...

Article: Can comatose patient hear you?
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  December 14, 1999 ;     664 words ... ... GOTT, M.D. DEAR DR. GOTT: Are comatose patients likely to hear what is going ... conducting rounds at the bedside of a comatose woman who had had a stroke. She appeared ... This experience convinced me that comatose patients may have persisting mental function ...

Article: Comatose Patient Revived
Xinhua English Newswire;  November 27, 1997 ;     380 words ... ... s Jiangsu Province, have revived a comatose patient following 30 days of electrotherapy ... successfully used electrotherapy to revive a comatose patient. Several months ago, Zhu Lixing ... intracerebral hematoma. Zhu remained in a comatose state following removal of the hematoma ...

Article: Comatose Patients Receive Special Therapy
Xinhua English Newswire;  August 8, 1997 ;     400 words ... ... traditional Chinese therapies to treat 89 comatose patients. Zhang Keven, a young college ... hospital with the help of family members. Comatose patients suffer from extended periods ... developed a series of therapies to treat comatose patients. with methods introduced since ...

Article: Risks associated with magnetic resonance imaging and cervical ...
Critical Care;  July 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... To enhance detection of CS injuries in comatose patients, several authors have recommended ... 10, 11]. There is concern that a comatose patient may have an isolated ligamentous ... common cervical collar removal choices in comatose, blunt trauma patients without CS fracture ...