Online Medical Books for Persistent Vegetative State

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2. Persistent Vegetative State: Introduction
3. Persistent Vegetative State Complications
4. Persistent Vegetative State Treatments
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COMA
(Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)

... 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 toxic cerebral ... DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP ... READ EXCERPTS »

Coma
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)

... 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 combined.... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment ... READ EXCERPTS »

COMA AND SOMNOLENCE
(Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)

... 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 ... READ EXCERPTS »

Acute Confusional State or Coma, or Both*
(A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)

... Usually No Lateralizing Signs, Normal Brainstem Reflexes Drug withdrawal after chronic intoxication, especially    Alcohol    Barbiturates ... READ EXCERPTS »

Hypercoagulable States
(A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)

... Congenital Antithrombin III deficiency Protein C deficiency Protein S deficiency Homocystinuria Dysfibrinogenemias ... READ EXCERPTS »

Coma
(The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)

... 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... History ... Physical examination ... Testing ... Diagnostic assessment. ... READ EXCERPTS »

Coma
(Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)

... Differential Overview ❑ Alcohol intoxication ❑ Drug overdose ❑ Hypoglycemia ❑ Metabolic acidosis ❑... Diagnostic Approach ... Clinical Findings ... Pictures ... READ EXCERPTS »

COMA AND SOMNOLENCE
(Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)

... 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... Pictures ... READ EXCERPTS »

Remember, in hyperglycemic states, a"factitious hyponatremia" occurs
(Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)

... Author: Esther Forrester, MD What to Do - Make a Decision To have a thorough understanding of fluid and electrolyte issues, one must truly understand the body's composition of solutes and water and how equilibrium is maintained in normal... Suggested Readings ... Pictures ... READ EXCERPTS »

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