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Disorders of consciousness /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2008.
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| Colección: | Handbook of clinical neurology ;
3rd ser., v. 90. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Theory and practice
- Consciousness: concepts, neurobiology, terminology of impairments, theoretical models and philosophical background
- Consciousness: its neurological relevance
- Syndromes of impaired consciousness
- Delirium in the critically ill patient
- Coma and stupor
- Herniation
- Vegetative and minimally conscious states
- Specific entities
- Metabolic encephalopathies
- Nutritional disorders
- Coma induced by intoxication
- Ischemic stroke and anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
- Infectious etiologies of altered consciousness
- Traumatic brain injury
- Seizures and impairment of consciousness
- Syncope
- Altered consciousness associated with brain neoplasms
- Abnormal conscious state and coma in transplant recipients
- Pregnancy and coma
- Psychogenic unresponsiveness and nonepileptic seizures
- Coma in childhood
- Management issues
- Management of the comatose patient
- Ethical issues in the management of patients with impaired consciousness.