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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Plum, Fred, 1924-2010.

Series:

Contemporary neurology series ; 71.

Contemporary neurology series ; 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coma--Diagnosis.

Coma.

Stupor--Diagnosis.

Stupor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Plum, Fred, 1924-2010. Diagnosis of stupor and coma.

ISBN:

0-19-988653-9

0-19-932295-3

1-281-16530-1

9786611165307

0-19-804336-8

1-4294-9174-4

OCLC:

476244053