Plum and Posner's diagnosis and treatment of stupor and coma / edited by Jerome B. Posner, Clifford B. Saper, Nicholas D. Schiff, and Jan Claassen.

Format Electronic
EditionFifth edition.
PublicationOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental ContentDirect link to eBook
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Other author/creatorPosner, Jerome B., 1932- editor.
Other author/creatorSaper, C. B. (Clifford B.), editor.
Other author/creatorSchiff, Nicholas D., editor.
Other author/creatorClaassen, Jan, editor.
Variant title Diagnosis and treatment of stupor and coma
SeriesContemporary neurology series ; #94
Contemporary neurology series 94. ^A2349
Contents Pathophysiology of signs and symptoms of coma -- Examination of the comatose patient -- Structural causes of stupor and coma -- Specific causes of structural coma -- Metabolic and diffuse encephalopathies: disruption of the internal milieu -- Psychogenic unresponsiveness -- Initial management of patients with stupor and coma -- Management of frequently encountered causes of unconsciousness -- Prognosis in coma and related disorders of consciousness and mechanisms underlying outcomes -- Brain death
Abstract Plum and Posner's Diagnosis and Treatment of Stupor and Coma, 5th edition provides a comprehensive overview of the theory behind regulation of consciousness in humans, the mechanisms of loss of consciousness clinically, and the examination and diagnosis of the cause of loss of consciousness in patients. New sections provide the latest information on the treatment of comatose patients, brain death, recovery from structural coma, and the ethics of dealing with comatose patients
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 03, 2019).
Issued in other formPrint version: Plum and Posner's diagnosis and treatment of stupor and coma. Fifth edition. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2019] 9780190208875
ISBN9780190208882 (electronic book)
ISBN0190208880 (electronic book)

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