RT Book, Section
A1 Ropper, Allan H.
A1 Samuels, Martin A.
A1 Klein, Joshua P.
SR Print(0)
ID 57614862
T1 Chapter 17. Coma and Related Disorders of Consciousness
T2 Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 10e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0071794794
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57614862
RD 2022/05/21
AB In  hospital  and  emergency  neurology,  the  clinical  analysis  of  unresponsive  and  comatose  patients  becomes  a  practical  necessity.  There  is  always  an  urgent  need  to  determine  the  underlying  disease  and  the  direction  in  which  it  is  evolving  in  order  to  protect  the  brain  against  more  serious  or  irreversible  damage.  When  called  upon,  the  physician  must  therefore  be  prepared  to  implement  a  rapid,  systematic  investigation  of  the  comatose  patient  and  prompt  therapeutic  and  diagnostic  action  that  allows  little  time  for  deliberate,  leisurely  investigation.