He said patients suspected of being in a non-reversible coma should be "tested 10 times" and that comas, like sleep, have different stages and need to be monitored.

他说，被疑为处于不可逆昏迷状态的患者应该“被检查十次”，昏迷，就像睡觉，有不同的阶段，需要得到监测。

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CONCLUSION: the level of serum NSE in the patients with stroke coma significantly rises up, which is a sensitive index to judge brain damage degree and prognosis prediction.

结论：脑卒中昏迷患者血清神经元特异性烯醇化酶水平显著升高，是判断脑损伤程度和评价预后的一个敏感指标。

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A doctor in Berlin is being held by police after he admitted giving drugs to a therapy group leaving two patients dead and another in a coma.

柏林一名医生承认为一个治疗队提供药物，导致两名病人死亡，另外一名昏迷。这名医生被警方逮捕。

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Patients in a vegetative state are awake, not in a coma, but have no awareness because of severe brain damage.

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"We have seen patients make remarkable improvements after being in a coma for a long time, but the best prognostic indicator is how one does over time, " Black said.

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Dr. Daniel Hanley, professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in Maryland, told CNN that VS is a coma-like state in which patients have a sleep and wake cycle, and can show reflex chewing, swallowing and blinking, but don't respond to language or stimulation.

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