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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778128903321

Titolo

Plum and Posner's diagnosis of stupor and coma [[electronic resource] /] / Fred Plum ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-988653-9

0-19-932295-3

1-281-16530-1

9786611165307

0-19-804336-8

1-4294-9174-4

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

Contemporary neurology series ; ; 71

Altri autori (Persone)

PlumFred <1924-2010.>

Disciplina

616.849

Soggetti

Coma - Diagnosis

Stupor - Diagnosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: The diagnosis of stupor and coma / Fred Plum, Jerome B. Posner. 3rd ed. c1980.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; 1. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COMA; 2. EXAMINATION OF THE COMATOSE PATIENT; 3. STRUCTURAL CAUSES OF STUPOR AND COMA; 4. SPECIFIC CAUSES OF STRUCTURAL COMA; 5. MULTIFOCAL, DIFFUSE, AND METABOLIC BRAIN DISEASES CAUSING DELIRIUM, STUPOR, OR COMA; 6. PSYCHOGENIC UNRESPONSIVENESS; 7. APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF THE UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT; 8. BRAIN DEATH; 9. PROGNOSIS IN COMA AND RELATED DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, MECHANISMS UNDERLYING OUTCOMES, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Delirium, stupor and coma are common clinical states that confront clinicians in almost every medical specialty. With appropriate diagnosis and treatment, coma can often be treated successfully. Conversely, delay in diagnosis and treatment may be lethal. This monograph provides an update on the clinical approach that was laid out in the previous 3 editions. It describes an approach for the physician at the bedside to diagnose and treat alterations of consciousness, based on



pathophysiologic principles. The book begins with a description of the physiology of consciousness and the pathophysiolog