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EPISODE · Apr 10, 2025 · 1 MIN

Is two weeks long enough to determine if someone will recover consciousness? Elizabeth Tracey reports

from Johns Hopkins Medicine · host Elizabeth Tracey

If someone has suffered a brain injury and is on life support, determining when to cease that treatment is challenging if they haven’t recovered consciousness, with a new study identifying something called sleep spindles, seen on EEG, as helpful. Johns … Is two weeks long enough to determine if someone will recover consciousness? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

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