MeSH tree: C10.597.606.358.800
People often describe anesthesia as something that puts a patient in a "deep sleep." An anesthesiologist enters the operating room, and part of their mission is to ensure that the patient is completely unaware of what is ...
May 13, 2026
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It is safe for patients to receive a donor liver that has been intentionally preserved overnight using machine perfusion to enable a daytime transplant. This is shown by a study performed at the University Medical Center ...
Apr 3, 2026
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Organ donation after the heart stops beating, a practice called donation after circulatory death, has gone from rare to routine in the United States, a new study shows. This shift over the past 25 years, aided by technological ...
Feb 26, 2026
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Can we be conscious without language? Does language influence our conscious experience? These questions, which are central to understanding the human mind, have been explored by researchers at the University of Liège. Their ...
Feb 10, 2026
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Gritty medical drama "The Pitt" has made a big difference in the way patients and families understand dicey issues like organ donation or end-of-life decision making, a new report says.
Jan 9, 2026
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In intensive care units, some patients who appear unconscious occupy a gray zone in their relationship to the world. To better diagnose them and predict their recovery potential, Dragana Manasova, Jacobo Sitt, and their colleagues ...
Jan 8, 2026
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A study by Mass General Brigham investigators found self-reported vision problems and traumatic stress are experienced years after strangulation.
Nov 20, 2025
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Many young people who suffered sudden cardiac death had recently sought medical care. More frequent use of electrocardiograms (EKG) could help prevent such cases, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg.
Oct 31, 2025
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A new approach to hospital discharges at UCLA reduced the time patients spend waiting to leave the hospital by nearly 50% for four common diagnoses and improved length of hospital stay by 2.5 days, according to a new pilot ...
Oct 29, 2025
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Sleep-like slow-wave patterns persist for years in surgically disconnected neural tissue of awake epilepsy patients, according to a study published in PLOS Biology by Marcello Massimini from Universita degli Studi di Milano, ...
Oct 16, 2025
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