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Considering consciousness clinically /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Biomedical,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Functional neurology.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CONSIDERING CONSCIOUSNESS CLINICALLY ; CONSIDERING CONSCIOUSNESS CLINICALLY ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1 CONSIDERING CONSCIOUSNESS CLINICALLY ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; VEGETATIVE STATE ; LOCKED-IN SYNDROME ; DEATH; BRAIN DEATH ; WHAT IS DEATH? ; SPINAL SHOCK ; CONSCIOUSNESS ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; SECTION ONE: CONSCIOUSNESS ; Chapter 2 NETWORKS OF CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE: COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE IN UNDERSTANDING LIFE, DEATH AND CONSCIOUSNESS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE NEED FOR CONCEPTUALIZATION
- DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTINUUM OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CONTEXT OF DEATH? COMA ; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE ; Continuum Theory; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 AROUSAL AND CONSCIOUSNESS: EFFECTS OF TOTAL CORTICAL EXTIRPATION IN THE MAMMAL ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; Activation of Waking, Attention, Arousal ; What Constitutes the Waking (or Sleeping) State of the Human in a Vegetative State? ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4 THE DIAGNOSIS OF BRAIN DEATH: APNEIC-OXYGENATION AS A SELF-FULFILLING DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION
- Problems in current practice of determining brain death using the apnea test The apnea test ; Rationale of the apneic-oxygenation test ; Performance of apneic-oxygenation test ; Flaws of the apneic-oxygenation test ; Fatal harm from hypercarbia; Hypercarbia may itself be a confounder ; The apnea test has been empirically refuted ; Potential harm from complications of the apnea test ; The apnea test does not test medullary respiratory center function ; Confounders to performing an apnea test are usually present ; IMPLICATIONS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
- Alternatives to the apneic-oxygenation test Brain blood flow testing; Abandon the dead donor rule, or abandon organ donation ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 DISRUPTED AXONAL FIBER CONNECTIVITY AS A MARKER OF IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS STATES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; Patient with LIS; Controls ; Image Acquisition and Preprocessing ; Network Definition ; Fiber tracking and node-node connectivity ; Graph analysis; FINDINGS ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
- Chapter 6 CHILDREN AND SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF THE GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE AFTER 6 MONTHS ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; MATERIALS AND METHODS ; RESULTS ; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES ; Chapter 7 TIMING OF ENTRY TO A MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE RELATED TO PROGNOSIS FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 8 BRAIN DEAD: CLINICAL AND NEUROPATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS ; DISCUSSION ; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES