Disorders of Consciousness: Practical Management in an Emergency Room

Disorders of Consciousness: Practical Management in an Emergency Room

Lowering of the level of consciousness is a very common presentation at the emergency room, often without any history that helps finding an etiology. This emergency requires quick empirical measures to reduce neuronal mortality, with additional protection against sequelae. According to the Advanced...

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Main Author:	Daniel Damiani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2016-11-01
Series:	Brazilian Neurosurgery
Subjects:	coma coma in emergency room reversible causes of coma ascending reticular activating system consciousness and coma brainstem
Online Access:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1594251

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