TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Coma and Related Disorders of Consciousness A1 - Ropper, Allan H. A1 - Samuels, Martin A. A1 - Klein, Joshua P. A1 - Prasad, Sashank PY - 2019 T2 - Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 11e AB - In hospital and emergency neurology, the clinical analysis of unresponsive and comatose patients becomes a practical necessity. There is an urgent need to determine the disease underlying a diminished state of consciousness and the direction in which it is evolving in order to protect the brain against irreversible damage. When called upon, the physician must therefore be prepared to implement a rapid, systematic investigation of the comatose patient and prompt action that allows little time for deliberate, leisurely investigation. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162591863 ER -