The comatose patient /
Wijdicks, Eelco F. M.,1954-author.
A erratum slip inserted.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A history of coma : evolution of ideas -- The neuroscience of the awake state -- Neurological examination of the comatose patient and localization principles -- Prolonged impaired consciousness -- Brain death -- Neuroimaging, neurophysiology and neuropathology -- Clinical diagnosis and decisions -- Medical care of the comatose patient -- Recovery and rehabilitation -- Law and bioethics -- Media and popular culture -- The clinical vignettes.
Coma.
Neurologic examination.