How to encounter the child in coma

Non-traumatic coma is a medical emergency and should be evaluated as soon as possible. Pediatric coma is more serious because of patient’s capacity of pathological stressor tolerance is limited especially in neonates. Several etiologies could be listed for loss of consciousness (LOC) and coma in chi...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Hassan Aelami, Sepideh Bagheri, Seyed Morteza Rasti Sani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2014-02-01
Series:Reviews in Clinical Medicine
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Online Access:http://rcm.mums.ac.ir/pdf_2202_9ff796f817163592b177b72d4c31b141.html
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spelling doaj-c5cfd73b3d784babb53629442edf7fa02020-11-24T22:03:57ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesReviews in Clinical Medicine2345-62562345-68922014-02-011112162202How to encounter the child in comaMohammad Hassan Aelami0Sepideh Bagheri1Seyed Morteza Rasti Sani2Department of Pediatrics, Infection Control & Hand Hygiene Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranNon-traumatic coma is a medical emergency and should be evaluated as soon as possible. Pediatric coma is more serious because of patient’s capacity of pathological stressor tolerance is limited especially in neonates. Several etiologies could be listed for loss of consciousness (LOC) and coma in childhood. According to the epidemiological studies, causes of coma are different all around the world. Glasgow Coma Scale has been used for coma scaling. In this review, we focused on some highlight causes of coma in pediatric medicine.http://rcm.mums.ac.ir/pdf_2202_9ff796f817163592b177b72d4c31b141.htmlComaGlasgow Coma ScalePediatric
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author Mohammad Hassan Aelami
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Seyed Morteza Rasti Sani
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Sepideh Bagheri
Seyed Morteza Rasti Sani
How to encounter the child in coma
Reviews in Clinical Medicine
Coma
Glasgow Coma Scale
Pediatric
author_facet Mohammad Hassan Aelami
Sepideh Bagheri
Seyed Morteza Rasti Sani
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title How to encounter the child in coma
title_short How to encounter the child in coma
title_full How to encounter the child in coma
title_fullStr How to encounter the child in coma
title_full_unstemmed How to encounter the child in coma
title_sort how to encounter the child in coma
publisher Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
series Reviews in Clinical Medicine
issn 2345-6256
2345-6892
publishDate 2014-02-01
description Non-traumatic coma is a medical emergency and should be evaluated as soon as possible. Pediatric coma is more serious because of patient’s capacity of pathological stressor tolerance is limited especially in neonates. Several etiologies could be listed for loss of consciousness (LOC) and coma in childhood. According to the epidemiological studies, causes of coma are different all around the world. Glasgow Coma Scale has been used for coma scaling. In this review, we focused on some highlight causes of coma in pediatric medicine.
topic Coma
Glasgow Coma Scale
Pediatric
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