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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Posner, Jerome B., 1932- editor.

Saper, C. B. (Clifford B.), editor.

Schiff, Nicholas D., editor.

Claassen, Jan, editor.

Series:

Contemporary neurology series.

Oxford medicine online.

Contemporary neurology series

Oxford medicine online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coma--Diagnosis.

Coma.

Stupor--Diagnosis.

Stupor.

Coma--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (521 pages).

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

The fifth edition of 'Plum and Posner's Diagnosis and Treatment of Stupor and Coma'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.

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.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 12, 2019).

ISBN:

0-19-020889-9

0-19-020890-2

0-19-020888-0