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Heart Attack, Stopped Breathing. Diagnosed With Brain Damage. What Do You Think?
I have a friend s mother who had a heart attack last thursday,, she stopped breathing , and the paramedics, did cpr and brought her back, now they have found that she some brain damage , and she is bleeding from her nose. I feel that it does not look good, God is a healer and I know that he can do all things, but what do you think?
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
Dear patient,
Indeed God is the Almighty healer, but from a strict medical perspective the prognosis is not good; most of the outcome will be determined by her neurologic recovery, which is worse as the age of the patient increases. Time will tell, as by the first week off sedation, we know most of the neurologic damage that has happened
Yours truly,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Cardiology
Mayo Clinic MN
Indeed God is the Almighty healer, but from a strict medical perspective the prognosis is not good; most of the outcome will be determined by her neurologic recovery, which is worse as the age of the patient increases. Time will tell, as by the first week off sedation, we know most of the neurologic damage that has happened
Yours truly,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Cardiology
Mayo Clinic MN
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