{"id":10276,"date":"2014-09-03T21:45:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T01:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=10276"},"modified":"2014-09-03T22:02:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T02:02:01","slug":"joan-rivers-icu-comfortable-ominous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2014\/09\/joan-rivers-icu-comfortable-ominous\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Rivers Out of ICU and “Comfortable” Likely Ominous"},"content":{"rendered":"
Although we are not participating in the care of comedy legend Joan Rivers, we have noted news reports that her daughter Melissa has said her mother is out of the ICU and being kept comfortable.<\/p>\n
Rivers was hospitalized six days ago after suffering cardiac arrest and a prolonged anoxic period (brain without oxygen.) She was placed in a hypothermic coma (lowered body temperature) as is standard for the first 24-48 hours after arrest in an attempt to salvage brain and cardiac function.<\/p>\n