The comatose patient
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press ,
2008
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- 1. A history of coma: evolution of ideas
- 2. The neuroscience of the awake state
- 3. Neurologic examination of the comatose patient and localization principles
- 4. The clinical diagnosis of prolonged impaired consciousness
- 5. The clinical diagnosis of brain death
- 6. Neuroimaging and neuropathology
- 7. Clinical decisions, medical management and supportive care
- 8. Law and bioethics
- 9. Media and popular culture
- 10. The clinical approach to the comatose patient