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Is It Possible For Someone To Come Out Of Coma Depasse?

My cousin had an accident 5 days ago. Doctors say that he is in Coma Depasse which means that his brain is not working, can he wake up one day? We are desperately waiting for your answer, doctors here say his body lives but his head doesn t. We don t want to believe that we keep hoping that something might change since we see his heartbeats.
Fri, 11 Apr 2014
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Hi, I am so sorry about your cousin. The "Coma DePasse" state is a very deep state of brain injury. What the doctors are basically saying is that the basic parts of his brain that control basic body functions are pretty badly damaged. I hate to do this to you but the chances of recovery from this kind of injury are very rare.

It would be a good idea to try and get a bit more testing done. See about checking what the blood flow is like in the damaged regions of the brain (they have Brain angiograms that can do that) and see if there is any organized electrical activity in the Brain( from EEG's).

I have unfortunately seen brain injury first hand from both sides of the doctor patient relationship and there are no 100% perfect answers. And there is no solace for those who have the responsibility for making the tough calls. Work with your doctors, talk to them, try and understand what the whole team is thinking.

I wish you all the luck in the world and if you want to discuss things in a more detailed discussion, you can always come back.

Take care.
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Is It Possible For Someone To Come Out Of Coma Depasse?

Hi, I am so sorry about your cousin. The Coma DePasse state is a very deep state of brain injury. What the doctors are basically saying is that the basic parts of his brain that control basic body functions are pretty badly damaged. I hate to do this to you but the chances of recovery from this kind of injury are very rare. It would be a good idea to try and get a bit more testing done. See about checking what the blood flow is like in the damaged regions of the brain (they have Brain angiograms that can do that) and see if there is any organized electrical activity in the Brain( from EEG s). I have unfortunately seen brain injury first hand from both sides of the doctor patient relationship and there are no 100% perfect answers. And there is no solace for those who have the responsibility for making the tough calls. Work with your doctors, talk to them, try and understand what the whole team is thinking. I wish you all the luck in the world and if you want to discuss things in a more detailed discussion, you can always come back. Take care.