Induced coma
MEDICAL PROCEDURE TO INDUCE COMA
Barbiturate-induced coma; Barb coma; Artificial coma; Barbiturate coma; Medically induced coma; Medically-induced coma; Chemically induced coma
An induced comaalso known as a medically induced coma (MIC), barbiturate-induced coma, or drug-induced comais a temporary coma (a deep state of unconsciousness) brought on by a controlled dose of an anesthetic drug, often a barbiturate such as pentobarbital or thiopental. Barbiturate comas are used to protect the brain during major neurosurgery, as a last line of treatment in certain cases of status epilepticus that have not responded to other treatments, and in refractory intracranial hypertension following traumatic brain injury.