Otherwise, the pressure in her cranium would have caused severe brain damage, likely killing her.
Patients in a vegetative state are awake, not in a coma, but have no awareness because of severe brain damage.
But if the affected person has suffered severe brain damage, he or she may sustain permanent disabilities or may never regain consciousness.
He had two skull fractures and had suffered severe brain damage.
"We cannot emphasise enough that measles is an illness that can kill, or leave patients with permanent complications including severe brain damage, and the only protection is two doses of the MMR vaccination, " she added.
Patient L suffered severe brain damage following a third cardiac arrest in mid-July and relatives say it is too early to determine whether he is in a "permanent" vegetative state, arguing they have observed "some degree of responsiveness".
Although nitric oxide did not reduce the risk of all neurologic complications, only 12% of the infants who received it suffered a severe brain haemorrhage or tissue damage, compared to 24% of those who did not.
And even when it does not kill, it can bring severe complications, from deafness to brain damage.
He gave the cause of death as brain damage caused by a severe lack of oxygen due to anaemia.
Researchers from the MRC's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, in Cambridge, found some children with ADHD, who had no brain damage and perfectly normal intelligence, showed left neglect as severe as that seen in some adults with substantial damage to the right side of the brain.
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