Scientists followed ER patients for a year after they survived near-death experiences
Daily MailWe're often told that a near-death experience is a life-changing event that transforms sufferers' outlook. In what is believed to be one of the first studies of its kind, experts monitored 19 people after they had a near-death experience in an intensive care unit. A study published in the journal Critical Care found that 15 per cent of surveyed patients had a near-death experience The researchers - who published their findings in the journal Critical Care - originally looked at 126 patients who had been in the five ICUs at the University of Liege in Belgium for more than a week. They found that 15 per cent - 19 people - had a near-death experience. Dr Bruce Greyson, who developed the NDE scale the researchers used in the study, has found that 10 to 20 per cent of people whose hearts have stopped experience an NDE.