Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead

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In the Bible, Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. In medicine, a ‘Lazarus patient’ is one who spontaneously starts circulating blood.

Published Aug. 21 2014 5:55AM EDT

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That afternoon, on 7-North, the cardiac ward, I quickly saw three CCU outliers, patients who had been stabilized and no longer required intensive monitoring. When I sat down to write my notes, it was almost 3:30 p.m.

Sandeep Jauhar

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Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead

In the Bible, Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. In medicine, a ‘Lazarus patient’ is one who spontaneously starts circulating blood.

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Sandeep Jauhar