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16 MEDICAL BOOKS ONLINE! Free online access (without registration) to excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Catatonia are available from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Catatonia.
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... Is there a history of drug or alcohol ingestion? This is a very important question to ask, as many cases of coma are due to acute alcohol intoxication, delirium tremens, opium poisoning, barbiturate poisoning, and other ... DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Coma is a state of total unawareness of the self and the environment. There is no eye opening or response to voice or painful stimuli. Coma can be due to dysfunction of either bilateral cerebral cortex or the reticular activating system in the brainstem or both... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Somnolence is a deep sleep from which the patient can be aroused. Coma is an unconscious state from which the patient cannot be aroused. Because somnolence may be simply an early stage of coma, its etiologies are almost all identical to the etiologies of coma. The few exceptions are ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Usually No Lateralizing Signs, Normal Brainstem Reflexes Drug withdrawal after chronic intoxication, especially Alcohol Barbiturates ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Anne Cather Cutlip Coma represents a state of unarousable unresponsiveness in which the patient has no evidence of self or environmental awareness (1). Approach. A patient presenting with coma should be considered a medical... History ... Physical examination ... Testing ... Diagnostic assessment. ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Differential Overview ❑ Alcohol intoxication ❑ Drug overdose ❑ Hypoglycemia ❑ Metabolic acidosis ❑... Diagnostic Approach ... Clinical Findings ... Pictures ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Somnolence is a deep sleep from which the patient can be aroused. Coma is an unconscious state from which the patient cannot be aroused. Because somnolence may be simply an early stage of coma, its etiologies are almost all identical to the... Pictures ... READ EXCERPTS »
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