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Observations of Covid-19 patients who have been slow to wake up after the end of sedation suggest that the brain may be adopting a previously unknown protective, hibernation-like state.
The long delays some COVID patients experience in regaining consciousness after ventilation may protect the brain from oxygen deprivation, new research shows.