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This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.
IN THIS RIVETING BOOK, DR. SANJAY GUPTA–NEUROSURGEON, CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR CNN, AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR–CHRONICLES THE ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE THAT HAS MADE THESE SEEMINGLY MIRACULOUS RECOVERIES POSSIBLE. A BOLD NEW BREED OF DOCTORS HAS ACHIEVED AMAZING RESCUES BY REFUSING TO ACCEPT THAT ANY LIFE IS IRRETRIEVABLY LOST. EXTENDED CARDIAC ARREST,
BRAIN DEATH,
NOT BREATHING FOR OVER AN HOUR–ALL THESE CONDITIONS USED TO BE CONSIDERED INEVITABLY FATAL, BUT THEY NO LONGER ARE. TODAY, REVOLUTIONARY ADVANCES ARE BLURRING THE TRADITIONAL LINE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IN FASCINATING WAYS. DRAWING ON REAL-LIFE STORIES AND USING HIS UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO THE LATEST MEDICAL RESEARCH, DR. GUPTA DRAMATICALLY PRESENTS EXCITING ACCOUNTS OF HOW PIONEERING PHYSICIANS AND RESEARCHERS ARE ALTERING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE HUMAN BODY FUNCTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO SURVIVAL–AND WHY MORE AND MORE PATIENTS WHO ONCE WOULD HAVE DIED ARE NOW ALIVE. FROM EXPERIMENTS WITH THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA TO SAVE COMATOSE STROKE OR HEART ATTACK VICTIMS TO LIFESAVING OPERATIONS IN UTERO TO THE STUDY OF ANIMAL HIBERNATION TO HELP WOUNDED SOLDIERS ON FAR-OFF BATTLEFIELDS, THESE REMARKABLE CASE HISTORIES TRANSFORM AND ENRICH ALL OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE TRUE NATURE OF DEATH AND LIFE. ‘
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This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.
IN THIS RIVETING BOOK, DR. SANJAY GUPTA–NEUROSURGEON, CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR CNN, AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR–CHRONICLES THE ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE THAT HAS MADE THESE SEEMINGLY MIRACULOUS RECOVERIES POSSIBLE. A BOLD NEW BREED OF DOCTORS HAS ACHIEVED AMAZING RESCUES BY REFUSING TO ACCEPT THAT ANY LIFE IS IRRETRIEVABLY LOST. EXTENDED CARDIAC ARREST,
BRAIN DEATH,
NOT BREATHING FOR OVER AN HOUR–ALL THESE CONDITIONS USED TO BE CONSIDERED INEVITABLY FATAL, BUT THEY NO LONGER ARE. TODAY, REVOLUTIONARY ADVANCES ARE BLURRING THE TRADITIONAL LINE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IN FASCINATING WAYS. DRAWING ON REAL-LIFE STORIES AND USING HIS UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO THE LATEST MEDICAL RESEARCH, DR. GUPTA DRAMATICALLY PRESENTS EXCITING ACCOUNTS OF HOW PIONEERING PHYSICIANS AND RESEARCHERS ARE ALTERING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE HUMAN BODY FUNCTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO SURVIVAL–AND WHY MORE AND MORE PATIENTS WHO ONCE WOULD HAVE DIED ARE NOW ALIVE. FROM EXPERIMENTS WITH THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA TO SAVE COMATOSE STROKE OR HEART ATTACK VICTIMS TO LIFESAVING OPERATIONS IN UTERO TO THE STUDY OF ANIMAL HIBERNATION TO HELP WOUNDED SOLDIERS ON FAR-OFF BATTLEFIELDS, THESE REMARKABLE CASE HISTORIES TRANSFORM AND ENRICH ALL OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE TRUE NATURE OF DEATH AND LIFE. ‘
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