What is medically induced coma?
Artificial coma is an effective method of treatment for patients diagnosed with severe brain damage.
With appropriate drugs, doctors artificially induce a coma - during this process, the patient's brain is inactive. The main purpose of this method is to protect the brain.
Due to a serious injury, the body, including the brain, experiences damage hours, days, and even weeks after the incident - the risk of brain tissue damage increases significantly due to lack of oxygen supply and impaired blood supply. Artificial coma is used to reduce this damage - it allows the brain to rest and reduces the risk of swelling.
Artificial coma is provided in the following clinical cases:
- Traumatic brain damage;
- Stroke;
- Epileptic status;
- Drug or other substance overdose.
During medically induced artificial coma, the patient does not react to irritants (light, sound, touch). The brain may be able to process the stimulus at a certain level, respond to the stimulus, although the patient did not wake up.
The patient comes out of the artificial coma under the supervision of doctors - the doctor will reduce the dose of medicine, therefore, the person will wake up.
Source:
https://gnrchospitals.com/blogs/medically-induced-coma-get-answers-to-your-questions-here
