Test shows if hope for comatose patients

Israeli researchers have devised a sniff-test using shampoo and rotten fish, to determine if brain-injured patients have a chance of recovery. If the patient showed a predictable response, that person had a 100% chance of recovering consciousness and a 92% chance of surviving 3+ years.

https://www.israel21c.org/sniff-test-can-predict-if-brain-injured-patient-will-wake-up/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2245-5

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