RT Book, Section
A1 Ropper, Allan H.
A1 Samuels, Martin A.
A1 Klein, Joshua P.
A1 Prasad, Sashank
SR Print(0)
ID 1162591863
T1 Coma and Related Disorders of Consciousness
T2 Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071842617
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162591863
RD 2024/04/20
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.