| Description |
xiv, 401 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Series |
Contemporary neurology series ; 71 |
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Contemporary neurology series ; 71
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| Contents |
Pathophysiology of signs and symptoms of coma -- Examination of the comatose patient -- Structural causes of stupor and coma -- Specific causes of structural coma -- Multifocal, diffuse, and metabolic brain diseases causing delirium, stupor, or coma -- Psychogenic unresponsiveness -- Approach to management of the unconscious patient -- Brain death -- Prognosis in coma and related disorders of unconsciousness, mechanisms underlying outcomes and ethical considerations |
| Summary |
"The book is aimed at medical students and residents, in fields from internal medicine and pediatrics to emergency medicine, surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, who are likely to encounter patients with disordered states of consciousness. It includes historical background and basic neurophysiology that is important for those in the clinical neurosciences, but also lays out a practical approach to the comatose patient that is an important part of the repertoire of all clinicians who provide emergency care for patients with disorders of consciousness."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Rev. ed. of: The diagnosis of stupor and coma / Fred Plum, Jerome B. Posner. 3rd ed. c1980 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Coma -- Diagnosis.
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Stupor -- Diagnosis.
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Coma -- diagnosis.
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Stupor -- diagnosis.
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Brain Diseases -- diagnosis.
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Brain Injuries -- diagnosis.
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| Author |
Plum, Fred, 1924-2010.
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Plum, Fred, 1924-2010.
Diagnosis of stupor and coma
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| LC no. |
2006103219 |
| ISBN |
9780195321319 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0195321316 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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