The comatose patient
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The comatose patient
Oxford University Press, 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Written by a practicing critical care neurologist, this books includes a historical overview of the concepts of consciousness and unconsciousness, principles of neurologic examination of the comatose patient including instruction of a new coma scale - the 'FOUR Score', interpretation of neuroimaging and its role in daily practice and decision making, management in the emergency room and ICU and long-term supportive care and approach to communication with family
members and end-of-life decisions. It also discusses landmark legal cases and ethical problems and a chapter is devoted to the public perception of coma.
Table of Contents
- PART I. UNDERSTANDING, DIAGNOSING, AND CARE OF COMATOSE PATIENTS
- 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
- PART II. THE CLINICAL APPROACH TO THE COMATOSE PATIENT
- 10. The Clinical Approach to the Comatose Patient
- ENCLOSURES
- DVD: The Comatose Patient
- Booklet: Four Score Guide
- DVD: THE COMATOSE PATIENT
- 1. Instruction of the FOUR Score Coma Scale
- 2. Selected Neurologic Findings in Comatose Patients
- 3. Seizures and Pseudo Seizures
- 4. States of Impaired Consciousness
- 5. Clinical Diagnosis of Brain Death (Animated)
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