The comatose patient

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wijdicks, Eelco F. M. , 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 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