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| | Coma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep) is a profound state of unconsciousness. | | | The difference between coma and stupor is that a patient with coma cannot give a suitable response to either noxious or verbal stimuli, whereas a patient in a stupor can give a crude response, such as screaming, to an unpleasant stimulus. | | | As coma deepens, responsiveness of the brain lessens, normal reflexes are lost, and the patient no longer responds to pain. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma
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| | Coma |
| | Coma is a state of profound unconsciousness in which the patient is incapable of conscious behavior. | | | About 5% to 10% of all coma patients are incapable of conscious behavior, and end up vegetative, which most of the public think of as prolonged coma. | | | During the first stage of coma patients are incapable of voluntary activities such as eye opening, and speech. |
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http://www.headinjury.com/coma.htm
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| | Coma |
| | Coma is an extended period of unconsciousness from which a person cannot be aroused even with the most painful stimuli. | | | About 5% to 10% of all coma patients are incapable of conscious behavior, and end up vegetative, which most of the public think of as prolonged coma. | | | Coma patients may also have reflex activities that mimic conscious activities. |
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http://www.mamashealth.com/coma.asp
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| | Coma -- eCureMe.com |
| | Coma, quite simply, is a state of prolonged "unconsciousness", in which one is not able to respond appropriately to the incoming stimuli by reacting. | | | Coma is also different from stupor, a state in which an unconscious individual eventually responds to repeated stimuli. | | | In patients who do not recover from coma, family members, physicians, psychologists, and social workers may need to meet and discuss "quality of life issues" (e.g., should the patient be resuscitated if the heart suddenly stops). |
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| | coma - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about coma |
| | coma, in medicine, deep state of unconsciousness from which a person cannot be aroused even by painful stimuli. | | | There are various depths of coma; the nature of the injury determines the level of supportive treatment necessary (see artificial life support artificial life support, systems that use medical technology to aid, support, or replace a vital function of the body that has been seriously damaged. | | | The use of life-support systems to prolong the life of a patient who has suffered apparently irreversible damage to a vital organ system may raise such ethical issues as the quality of life, euthanasia, and the right to die, and has been the subject of much legal and moral debate. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/coma
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| | Home aHealthyme.com |
| | Coma, from the Greek word "koma," meaning deep sleep, is a state of extreme unresponsiveness, in which an individual exhibits no voluntary movement or behavior. | | | Furthermore, in a deep coma, even painful stimuli (actions which, when performed on a healthy individual, result in reactions) are unable to affect any response, and normal reflexes may be lost. | | | This is not an anatomical area of the brain, but rather a network of structures (including the brainstem, the medulla, and the thalamus) and nerve pathways, which function together to produce and maintain arousal. |
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| | Barbiturate-induced coma |
| | Before coma is induced, intracranial hypertension may be treated by hyperventilation; by facilitation of blood flow from the brain; by decompressive surgical procedures, such as draining excess fluids from under the skull or from the chambers within the brain (ventricles); or by drug therapy, including osmotherapy, diuretic agents, or steroids. | | | Barbiturate-induced comas are used when conventional therapy to reduce intracranial hypertension has failed. | | | In many patients who do not respond to conventional therapy, barbiturate-induced coma can achieve the necessary control of intracranial hypertension. |
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http://www.lifesteps.com/gm/Atoz/ency/barbiturate-induced_coma.jsp
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| | What Is Coma? |
| | While a person described as being in a coma may be totally unaware of his or her state or environment, others may have some or even full awareness, contrary to our own perception of their condition. | | | But while an individual in a coma is unresponsive, we have no way of determining what the individual can hear or may be aware of. | | | The danger in that portion of the definition is in its interpretation, not by the families, but by the professionals who erroneously assume that since the individual cannot be aroused, then no effort should be made to arouse the individual, and such a statement becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. |
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http://www.tbihelp.org/what_is_coma.htm
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| | Coma |
| | A coma is a continued unconscious state that can occur as part of the natural recovery for a person who has experienced a severe brain injury. | | | Coma is defined as a state of unconsciousness from which the individual cannot be awakened, in which the individual responds minimally or not at all to stimuli, and initiates no voluntary activities. | | | The frequency and the conditions in which a response was made are considered when assessing the meaningfulness or purposefulness of a behavior. |
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http://www.biausa.org/Pages/coma.html
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| | Derry Bresee - near-death experience during a coma |
| | A coma is a deep state of unconsciousness, during which an individual is not able to react to their environment. | | | There are reports of people waking from a coma and recounting a classic near-death experience. | | | He immediately recognized the nurse as the person who had removed his dentures and also remembered other details of what had happened while he was in a deep coma. |
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http://www.near-death.com/experiences/triggers13.html
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| | The MSDS HyperGlossary: Coma |
| | Coma is the body's least responsive level of consciousness before death. | | | A good working definition is that a coma is a state of unresponsiveness from which an individual has not yet been aroused. | | | Clinician and neurology student guide to managing comas, including therapeutic advances. |
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| | COMA - LoveToKnow Article on COMA |
| | Coma Vigil is a state of unconsciousness met with in the algide stage of cholera and some other exhausting diseases. | | | There are various degrees of coma: in the slighter forms the patient can be partially roused only to relapse again into a state of insensibility; in the deeper states, the patient cannot be roused at all, and such are met with in apoplexy, already described. | | | Coma may arise abruptly in a patient who has presented no pre-existent indication. |
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http://37.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CO/COMA.htm
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| | TI: Prediction of outcome in patients with anoxic coma: a clinical and electrophysiologic study. | | | The better outcome in the pentoxifylline group was associated with a decline in TNF serum levels on the third day of treatment in a few subjects that was not seen in controls. | | | Flumazenil is effective in preventing recurrence of benzodiazepine-induced coma. |
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http://www.indiana.edu/~pietsch/coma.html
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| | toxic/metabolic comas are often of slower onset and may be preceeded by delirium. | | | Locked in syndrome ("coma vigile"): not a form of coma-- consciousness is preserved, but patient's motor function is sufficiently impaired to prevent outward expression of thought and behavior. | | | Since the obtunded/comatose patient basically does not converse or cooperate, you have to rely on: 1) history from others, and 2) basic observations and neurological examination findings. |
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http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/neuronet/coma/lectures.html
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| | Coma |
| | A person in a coma can't even respond to pain. | | | The brain stem is the bridge between the brain and the spinal cord. | | | For more information see Better Health Channel quality assurance page. |
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http://www.disability.vic.gov.au/dsonline/dsarticles.nsf/pages/Coma?OpenDocument
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| | Coma Help Page |
| | This will give the TBI Place the information they need to access the coma patients condition and they will be able to tell you if their program is right for the coma patient. | | | Your prayers would be greatly appreciated for my mom and other coma patients!:-) Also for all the beloved coma patients that have passed on; my prayers are with them and their families. | | | The place where the coma patient is in should provide this vital information to you. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~suetone/coma_help.html
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| | What Is a Coma? |
| | Other people may need therapy to relearn basic things like tying their shoes, eating with a fork or spoon, or learning to walk all over again. | | | Usually, a coma does not last more than a few weeks. | | | This can hurt the parts of the brain that make someone conscious, and if those parts stop working, the person will stay unconscious. |
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http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/coma.html
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| | Wanking Yourself into a Coma |
| | That said, anyone who wants to freely take on the challenge, and is willing to take full responsibility for what they are attempting, should not be prevented from doing so if their professional medical advisor tells them it is safe to do. | | | The second problem of time to coma, is perhaps the most limiting problem. | | | There are two aspects to consider in the achievement of our goal; firstly, how to induce or achieve a comatose state, and secondly, how long it takes to achieve this. |
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| | Coma Sources Presented at Tbilaw.com |
| | Other related terms are florida coma scale, powerbomb powerbomb concussion, gastrointestinal bleeding and head injury, trial lawyers central florida, and body scissors amateur wrestling legs injuries head our web advocacy has been, what can we do to help the family and friends of someone in a coma. | | | The Brain Injury page provides information about brain injury, concussion, coma and head injury, for TBI survivors, spouses and caregivers. | | | our web advocacy has been, what can we do to help the family and friends of someone in a coma. |
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| | Health News |
| | American soap operas paint an improbably rosy picture of coma patients' survival and recovery, with potentially important consequences for viewers, says a study. | | | The US Government has stopped the removing of life support to an 11-year-old girl after doctors said her condition is improving after four months in a coma. | | | British Medical Journal reports that television soaps or serials give a false picture about coma survival and recovery rates in coma patients. |
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http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/RelatedNews.asp?look_for=Coma
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| | Amazon.com: Coma: DVD: Geneviève Bujold,Michael Douglas,Elizabeth Ashley,Rip Torn,Richard Widmark,Lois Chiles,Hari ... |
| | Nobody believes the young MD, not even her boyfriend Dr. Bellows (Michael Douglas), but she soon uncovers a black-market trade in body parts, conducted offsite at the Jefferson Institute, a state-of-the-art coma-care facility. | | | People in the medical profession in particular will enjoy the movie, but even if you can't tell a stethoscope from syringe, you'll find yourself enjoyably drawn into the mystery of "Coma." (Don't expect much in the way of extras on this DVD -- they're really aren't any. | | | You feel satisfied with the viewing experience, but feel that the movie could have pushed itself even farther and turned from a good film into a very good film. |
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| | Coma at Somatoform-Disorder.Com |
| | Terms such as motorcycle head injuries, head injury pathophysiology ppt, peroneal nerve injury and fibular head, brain in coma, and head injury infant are also related. | | | Furthermore, symptoms of Concussion may alter on an person basis on behalf of every patient. |
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http://www.somatoform-disorder.com/Coma.htm
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| | Coma Recovery Association - Welcome |
| | Some of the latest post coma treatments like Botox, Cellular therapy and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy were utilized in the early stages by CRA survivors. | | | Keeping up with new brain injury solutions is one of the things that we have to do. | | | Copyright © 2000, 2001, * Coma Recovery Association, Inc. |
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http://www.comarecovery.org
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| | Coma Berenices |
| | The constellation Coma Berenices refers to a classical story concerning the hair of Berenice, the wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt. | | | The brightest member of the cluster is 12 Comae. | | | While the story is an old one, the constellation is relatively new, being introduced by Tycho Brahe (1546-1601). |
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http://www.dibonsmith.com/com_con.htm
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| | Grandma: This is the kind of coma that your mother experienced. | | | The ketoacidotic coma is a loss of consciousness that occurs when the body is in ketosis. | | | Oral medication should not be administered when a person is in a comatose state. |
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http://www.montana.edu/wwwai/imsd/diabetes/coma.htm
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| | ICU-USA - Tour - Coma |
| | National Insitute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke provides consumer information about coma. | | | Coma is unconsciousness caused by a disease, injury or poison. | | | A person in a coma is described as comatose. |
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| | Coma and Astigmatism |
| | A lens with considerable coma may produce a sharp image in the center of the field, but become increasingly blurred toward the edges. | | | Coma is an aberration which causes rays from an off-axis point of light in the object plane to create a trailing "comet-like" blur directed away from the optic axis. | | | More complete correction can be achieved by using a combination of lenses symmetric about a central stop. |
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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geoopt/coma.html
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| | About Coma |
| | The coma makes the edges slightly less distinct, but by an amount that is imperceptible by any practical measure. | | | The effect is similar on globular clusters, except for the stars in the core of the cluster that are resolved. | | | We then describe the relationships between coma, field position and focal ratio. |
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| | Coma |
| | Subtle Brain Injury - Seeking to educate with respect to the magnitude of brain injury which does not involve coma. | | | Coma Recovery - Personal site with proof that hope exists for coma and closed head injury patients. | | | Coma Diaries - A resource and support guide on coma and brain injury for family and friends of survivors. |
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| | Welcome to Coma Diaries... |
| | Coma Diaries is still under construction and any information, links or suggestions would | | | I am educating myself on brain injuries and comas as much as possible. | | | I have started this web page to hopefully meet others who are/were in this situation, who want to learn or can teach through support and education. |
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| | Neurology Clerkship |
| | Be able to utilize localization principles regarding breathing, brainstem reflexes, motor exam and posturing, and DTRs. | | | Understand the definition of coma, and the terms used to describe the continuum of level of consciousness. | | | Be able to generate an appropriate GCS for a coma patient. |
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http://www.som.tulane.edu/departments/psych_neuro/neurolect/nComa.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Coma (Signet Books): Books: Robin Cook |
| | Many patients who go into routine surgery come out in a coma. | | | The book that put Cook on the bestseller lists, Coma is the gripping story of patients who check into a hospital for "minor" surgery-and never wake up again... | | | This is Cook's first novel, and I can say that with his later writings he did in fact find a balance between writing suspenseful novels and giving miniature dissertations on the reactions of hypothalamuses. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Diabetic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma |
| | Calling your health care provider Return to top | | | Diabetic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma is a condition of decreased consciousness, extreme dehydration (lack of water), and extremely high blood glucose (sugar) levels, which is not accompanied by ketoacidosis. | | | The condition is usually seen in people with non-insulin-dependent diabetes (type 2 diabetes) and may occur in those previously undiagnosed with diabetes or in those who have improperly managed their medications and diet. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000304.htm
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| | Coma |
| | Coma is a common presentation of severe illnesses | | | Patients may present with a change in cerebration or cognitive processes | | | What is the approach to the comatose trauma patient? |
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| | ipedia.com: Neurological disorder Article |
| | Major branches are headache, stupor and coma, dementia, seizure, sleep disorders, trauma, infections, neoplasms, neuroophthalmology, movement disorders, demyelinating diseases, spinal cord disorders, and disorders of peripheral nerves, muscle and neuromuscular junctions. | | | Many mental illnesses are believed to be neurological disorders of the central nervous system, but they are classified separately. | | | Neurological disorders are a group of disorders that involve the central nervous system (brain, brainstem and cerebellum), the peripheral nervous system (including cranial nerves), and the autonomic nervous system (parts of which are located in both central and peripheral nervous system). |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Consciousness - decreased |
| | Decrease in consciousness, unconsciousness, and coma almost always require medical evaluation (with the possible exception of alcohol intoxication, simple fainting, or a previously recognized seizure disorder). | | | Decreased consciousness may result from a multitude of conditions including intoxication (drug, alcohol, or toxin), metabolic abnormalities, seizure activity (epilepsy), central nervous system diseases and conditions, head trauma, shock, decreased oxygen (hypoxia), and decreased blood pressure (hypotension). | | | Decreased consciousness refers to diminished alertness or awareness. |
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| | coma - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Phrases that include coma: diabetic coma, hepatic coma, coma aberration, coma scale, insulin coma therapy, more... | | | Words similar to coma: comae, comatic, comatoseness, torpor, more... | | | coma : The On-line Medical Dictionary [home, info] |
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| | Coma, diabetic definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | Immediate emergency medical treatment is needed in a hospital setting for patients who show the early signs of diabetic coma. | | | These include weight loss, nausea, confusion, gasping for breath, and a characteristically sweet, chemical odor similar to that of acetone or alcohol ("acetone breath") to the patient's breath and sometimes sweat. | | | Diabetic coma may be heralded by confusion and convulsions. |
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| | Remove Coma :: Uninstall, Delete and Get Rid Of Coma |
| | Coma is also used as a vehicle to upload other parasites onto your system. | | | This is a must as Coma will rebuild itself and will result in further spreading of the spyware parasite. | | | Coma is a backdoor Trojan that provides an unauthorized user with almost total control over your computer. |
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| | COMA++ |
| | COMA++ supports new approaches for ontology matching, in particular the utilization of shared taxonomies, by means of a so-called Taxonomy Matcher. | | | To cope with large schemas, COMA++ implements a fragment-based match processing approach. | | | Although required by many applications, such as transformation of XML messages, identifying context-dependent correspondences is mostly ignored by previous work. |
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| | APOD: 2003 October 12 - The Coma Cluster of Galaxies |
| | Coma and other clusters are ellipticals, while most galaxies outside of clusters are spirals. | | | Coma Cluster is so big it takes light millions of years just to go from one side to the other! | | | Although nearby when compared to most other clusters, light from the |
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| | diabetic coma - definition of diabetic coma in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, ... |
| | A coma that develops in severe and inadequately treated cases of diabetes mellitus. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | diabetic coma - definition of diabetic coma in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Coma: Books |
| | I makes you so anxious to know what's behind a mystery of atleast 12 people who have gone into coma and at last to be found by a brave girl who risks her life for it. |
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| | Once clear of the nucleus, molecules in the coma are exposed to direct solar radiation and can be damaged in various ways. | | | Grains that are too large to be ejected even from the puny gravity of the nucleus fall back to the surface and may become part of a rubble mantle. | | | This speed and the lifetime of molecules to photo-destruction together determine the scale of the cometary coma. |
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| | Chandra :: Field Guide to X-ray Sources :: Coma Cluster |
| | The gas, which is invisible to the naked eye, was discovered in 1971 through X-ray observation. | | | Chandra :: Field Guide to X-ray Sources :: Coma Cluster | | | Coma is nearly spherical and has a one-megaparsec diameter consisting mainly of elliptical and highly-flattened eliptical galaxies. |
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| | Mediation Arbitration Colorado Mediators Arbitrators - CoMA |
| | We closely match the nature of your dispute with a mediator or arbitrator who has experience and knowledge that pertains to your case (subject matter expertise/competency). | | | Our industry professionals combine Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods with expertise in fields such as employment, finance, healthcare (personal injury, long term, home health care, disabilities, psychology), legal issues (contractual performance), business, construction, divorce (child custody, effective parenting, financial matters) – making us uniquely prepared to resolve disputes through an expert's lens. | | | CoMA's comprehensive program offers Mediation, Arbitration, and Med-Arbitration. |
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| | eBay - DVD: Coma (UPC: 012569504622) |
| | When Wheeler discovers a suspiciously frequent pattern of unexplained comas in her hospital, she becomes obsessed with finding an answer, even when it puts her own career and life in danger. | | | With its suspensful plot, dramatic editing, and conspiratorial terror, COMA is a precursor to many paranoid dramas such as THE FIRM and THE PELICAN BRIEF, establishing a defined style that may yet become a genre unto itself. | | | The tension builds as Wheeler's investigation leads her to a secret corporation specializing in organ transplant experimentation and sale for profit, and she soon witnesses the defining image of the film: comatose bodies suspended on wires in a computer-controlled environment. |
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