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What is the difference between brain death and coma?

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Outcome! : People may recover from coma but if properly diagnosed there is no recovery from brain death.

Answered 3/14/2016

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Death vs coma: Coma is a state of unconscious unresponsiveness. The person is still alive but unable to respond. An electroencephalogram will show electrical activity indicating the brain is functioning although at an impaired state. Brain death the person is no longer alive. An electroencephalogram would show no brain activity.

Answered 8/25/2013

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Sure: Brain death means you are dead. Coma means your brain is very ill and you are not conscious.

Answered 9/28/2016

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