Coma and impaired consciousness : a clinical perspective

著者

• Young, G. Bryan (Gordon Bryan)
• Ropper, Allan H.
• Bolton, Charles Francis

書誌事項

Coma and impaired consciousness : a clinical perspective

editors, G. Bryan Young, Allan H. Ropper, Charles F. Bolton

McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, c1998

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This all-encompassing text examines every aspect of coma from neurochemistry, monitoring, and treatments to prognostic factors. The recent findings in coma research are included here as well as the vast clinical insights of the author team that features four leading figures in the field. Throughout, the emphasis is on treatment of coma and the special needs of comatose patients. Unique chapter on poisoning and pharmacology examines causes and therapeutic agents, respectively.

目次

• Part 1 Consciousness, major syndromes and approach: consciousness - definition and context
• major syndromes of impaired consciousness
• clinical assessment, investigation and initial management. Part 2 Physical insults and structural lesions causing coma: herniations
• intracranial hemorrhage
• trauma
• neoplasia
• hypothermia and hyperthermia
• electrical injuries
• burn encephalopathy. Part 3 Impaired consciousness and inflammatory conditions: CNS infections
• other inflammatory diseases affecting CNS - sepsis-associated encephalopathy, collagen-vascular diseases, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, "toxic encephalopathy" and Reye's syndrome. Part 4 Metabolic, nutritional, ischaemic and toxic encephalopathies: metabolic encephalopathies, mineral and electrolyte disturbances, endocrinopathies, organ failure
• nutritional disorders
• ischaemia and anoxia - focal and generalized
• drugs - poisoning, pharmacologic considerations in impaired consciousness. Part 5 Episodic impairment of consciousness: seizures
• other causes of episodic loss of consciousness - syncope, transient vascular events, concussion, metabolic and toxic causes, sleep-related disorders, idiopathic recurring stupor, transient globale amnesia, transiently raised intracranial pressure, psychiatric disorders, uncertain aetiologies. Part 6 Impaired consciousness in clinical contexts: the emergency room
• medical and surgical ICUs
• the transplant ward
• the maternity ward
• neuro-degenerative disorders
• ethics.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA36310386
• ISBN:
  • 0070723710
• LCCN: 98122136
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xiii, 665 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : RB150.C6
  • DC21 : 616.8/49
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Coma
  • LCSH : Loss of consciousness