irreversible coma

Example Sentences

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According to local media, he fell into an irreversible coma on Friday at a hospital in the central Italian city of L'Aquila, after requesting that he be given no aggressive medical treatment.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2023

I didn’t know Amelina, but have several Ukrainian friends who did, including one who was at her hospital bedside as she lay in an irreversible coma.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023

In the final days of the campaign, his opponent’s father, Harry Flood Byrd, a longtime senator from Virginia, fell into an irreversible coma.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2022

He was the medical counsel and adviser to the family of Karen Ann Quinlan, who never regained consciousness after she fell into an irreversible coma in 1975. for several years.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2022

A hail-Mary brain surgery was attempted at the very end, but the operation’s only effect was to put her into an irreversible coma.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2012