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Under what circumstances would a person be put into a medically induced coma?
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Trauma: Deep sedation (medically induced coma) can be used to treat continuous epileptic seizures, or severe traumatic brain injury. The brain injury could be due to spontaneous bleeding in the brain. The idea is to reduce the brain's need for oxygen or eliminate abnormal brain activity.
Answered 5/19/2016
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