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Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Series Editors: Aminoff, Boller and Swaab)
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Edited By
G. Bryan Young, Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurology Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre, Ontario, Canada
Eelco Wijdicks, MD, PhD, FACP, Professor of Neurology, Mayo Medical School; Consultant in Neurology and Co-Director of the Neurology/Neurosurgery Intensive
Care Unit, Saint Mary's Hospital and Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, MN, USA
Included in series
Handbook of Clinical Neurology,
Description
A volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series (Series Editors: Michael J. Aminoff, Department of Neurology, University
of California, San Francisco, USA; Fran ois Boller, Bethesda, USA; Dick F. Swaab, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam,
the Netherlands) on disorders of consciousness. This volume is aimed at neurologists and all those involved with the care of patients
with altered levels of consciousness. Emphasis is given to distinguishing reversible disorders from the irreversible and disorders requiring
medical treatment from those requiring neurosurgical management. The technological advances in neuroimaging and how this has affected
the understanding of the neurological basis of consciousness and the approach to the patient with an altered level of consciousness is
covered, as are the resulting ethical issues.
Contents
Section 1: Theory and practice:
Consciousness: concepts, neurobiology, terminology of impairments, theoretical
models and philosophical background. Consciousness: its neurological relevance.
Section 2: Syndromes of impaired consciousness:
Delirium
in the critically ill patient. Coma and stupor. Herniation. The vegetative and minimally conscious states.
Section 3:
Specific entities:
Metabolic encephalopathies. Nutritional disorders. Coma induced by intoxication. Ischemic stroke and
anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Infectious etiologies of altered consciousness. Traumatic brain injury. Seizures and impairment of consciousness.
Syncope. Altered consciousness associated with brain neoplasms. Abnormal conscious state and coma in transplant recipients. Pregnancy
and coma. Psychogenic unresponsiveness and nonepileptic seizures. Coma in childhood.
Section 4: Management issues:
Management
of the comatose patient. Ethical issues in the management of patients with impaired consciousness.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 416 pages, publication date: JUN-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-51895-8
ISBN-10: 0-444-51895-9
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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