Coma
Glasgow Coma Scale
Diabetic Coma
Insulin Coma
Coma, Post-Head Injury
Prolonged unconsciousness from which the individual cannot be aroused, associated with traumatic injuries to the BRAIN. This may be defined as unconsciousness persisting for 6 hours or longer. Coma results from injury to both cerebral hemispheres or the RETICULAR FORMATION of the BRAIN STEM. Contributing mechanisms include DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY and BRAIN EDEMA. (From J Neurotrauma 1997 Oct;14(10):699-713)
Myxedema
A condition characterized by a dry, waxy type of swelling (EDEMA) with abnormal deposits of MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES in the SKIN and other tissues. It is caused by a deficiency of THYROID HORMONES. The skin becomes puffy around the eyes and on the cheeks. The face is dull and expressionless with thickened nose and lips.
Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma
Brain Injuries
Acute and chronic (see also BRAIN INJURIES, CHRONIC) injuries to the brain, including the cerebral hemispheres, CEREBELLUM, and BRAIN STEM. Clinical manifestations depend on the nature of injury. Diffuse trauma to the brain is frequently associated with DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY or COMA, POST-TRAUMATIC. Localized injuries may be associated with NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; HEMIPARESIS, or other focal neurologic deficits.
Craniocerebral Trauma
Hepatic Encephalopathy
A syndrome characterized by central nervous system dysfunction in association with LIVER FAILURE, including portal-systemic shunts. Clinical features include lethargy and CONFUSION (frequently progressing to COMA); ASTERIXIS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; brisk oculovestibular reflexes; decorticate and decerebrate posturing; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; and bilateral extensor plantar reflexes (see REFLEX, BABINSKI). ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY may demonstrate triphasic waves. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1117-20; Plum & Posner, Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma, 3rd ed, p222-5)
Malaria, Cerebral
A condition characterized by somnolence or coma in the presence of an acute infection with PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM (and rarely other Plasmodium species). Initial clinical manifestations include HEADACHES; SEIZURES; and alterations of mentation followed by a rapid progression to COMA. Pathologic features include cerebral capillaries filled with parasitized erythrocytes and multiple small foci of cortical and subcortical necrosis. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p136)
Persistent Vegetative State
Corneal Wavefront Aberration
Aberrometry
Trauma Severity Indices
Glasgow Outcome Scale
Astigmatism
Unequal curvature of the refractive surfaces of the eye. Thus a point source of light cannot be brought to a point focus on the retina but is spread over a more or less diffuse area. This results from the radius of curvature in one plane being longer or shorter than the radius at right angles to it. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Corneal Topography
The measurement of curvature and shape of the anterior surface of the cornea using techniques such as keratometry, keratoscopy, photokeratoscopy, profile photography, computer-assisted image processing and videokeratography. This measurement is often applied in the fitting of contact lenses and in diagnosing corneal diseases or corneal changes including keratoconus, which occur after keratotomy and keratoplasty.
Encyclopedias as Topic
Comet Assay
A genotoxicological technique for measuring DNA damage in an individual cell using single-cell gel electrophoresis. Cell DNA fragments assume a "comet with tail" formation on electrophoresis and are detected with an image analysis system. Alkaline assay conditions facilitate sensitive detection of single-strand damage.
Cosmic Dust
Hair
Optics and Photonics
Strikes, Employee
Cold-Shock Response
Nurses
Pyometra
Personnel Loyalty
Liver Failure, Acute
A form of rapid-onset LIVER FAILURE, also known as fulminant hepatic failure, caused by severe liver injury or massive loss of HEPATOCYTES. It is characterized by sudden development of liver dysfunction and JAUNDICE. Acute liver failure may progress to exhibit cerebral dysfunction even HEPATIC COMA depending on the etiology that includes hepatic ISCHEMIA, drug toxicity, malignant infiltration, and viral hepatitis such as post-transfusion HEPATITIS B and HEPATITIS C.
Liver
Surgical treatment of internal carotid artery anterior wall aneurysm with extravasation during angiography--case report. (1/558)
A 54-year-old female presented subarachnoid hemorrhage from an aneurysm arising from the anterior (dorsal) wall of the internal carotid artery (ICA). During four-vessel angiography, an extravasated saccular pooling of contrast medium emerged in the suprasellar area unrelated to any arterial branch. The saccular pooling was visualized in the arterial phase and cleared in the venophase during every contrast medium injection. We suspected that the extravasated pooling was surrounded by hard clot but communicated with the artery. Direct surgery was performed but major premature bleeding occurred during the microsurgical procedure. After temporary clipping, an opening of the anterior (dorsal) wall of the ICA was found without apparent aneurysm wall. The vessel wall was sutured with nylon thread. The total occlusion time of the ICA was about 50 minutes. Follow-up angiography demonstrated good patency of the ICA. About 2 years after the operation, the patient was able to walk with a stick and to communicate freely through speech, although left hemiparesis and left homonymous hemianopsia persisted. The outcome suggests our treatment strategy was not optimal, but suture of the ICA wall is one of the therapeutic choices when premature rupture occurs in the operation. (+info)Aphasic disorder in patients with closed head injury. (2/558)
Quantitative assessment of 50 patients with closed head injury disclosed that anomic errors and word finding difficulty were prominent sequelae as nearly half of the series had defective scores on tests of naming and/or word association. Aphasic disturbance was associated with severity of brain injury as reflected by prolonged coma and injury of the brain stem. (+info)Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia in hematologic complete remission. (3/558)
The authors describe the cases of three patients affected by acute myeloid leukemia, in complete remission, who rapidly developed neurologic symptoms leading to death. Neither clinical characteristics, nor radiological or microbiological procedures, allowed an etiological diagnosis of the neurologic syndrome. Post-mortem examination of the brain showed both macroscopic and microscopic findings compatible with acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis. The difficulty in distinguishing this entity from other CNS disease-related complications (e.g. leukemia infiltration, drug toxicity, hemorrhages) should not lead to an underestimation of the true incidence of this complication. We believe that with more attention to the possibility of this complication there would probably be both a greater possibility of collecting clinical informations about the real impact of this dramatic disease and a stronger hope of finding the right treatment for it. (+info)Delayed ischemic hyperintensity on T1-weighted MRI in the caudoputamen and cerebral cortex of humans after spectacular shrinking deficit. (4/558)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Transient internal carotid artery (ICA)-middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion caused by cardiogenic embolus can lead to spectacular shrinking deficit (SSD): sudden hemispheric stroke syndrome followed by rapid improvement. The aim of this study was to investigate sequential neuroradiological changes in the brains of patients after SSD compared with those after brief cardiac arrest and hypoglycemia, which we previously studied with the same methods. METHODS: We serially studied CT scans and MR images obtained at 1.5 T in 4 patients with SSD. All 4 patients suffered from transient neurological deficits due to cardiogenic embolus in ICA-MCA. The symptoms began to disappear from 25 to 50 minutes after onset. RESULTS: Repeated CT scans demonstrated no abnormal findings in the affected cerebral hemisphere in 3 of the 4 patients and a small cortical infarct in the remaining 1. In each patient, repeated MRI between day 7 and month 23 after stroke showed basal ganglionic and cortical lesions. These lesions were hyperintense on T1-weighted and relatively hypointense on T2-weighted imaging. These ischemic lesions of hyperintensity on T1-weighted MRI subsided with time. CONCLUSIONS: Transient ICA-MCA occlusion leading to SSD produces a specific ischemic change with delayed onset in the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex in humans on MRI but not CT scans. We speculate that the lesions represent incomplete ischemic injury, including selective neuronal death, proliferation of glial cells, paramagnetic substance deposition, and/or lipid accumulation. Unlike brief cardiac arrest or hypoglycemia, the localized lesions on MRI of patients after SSD seem to be incomplete and to differ from infarction or hemorrhage. (+info)Application of a rheolytic thrombectomy device in the treatment of dural sinus thrombosis: a new technique. (5/558)
We present a novel application of a transvascular rheolytic thrombectomy system in the treatment of symptomatic dural sinus thrombosis in a 54-year-old woman with somnolence and left-sided weakness. The diagnosis of bilateral transverse and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis was made and the patient was treated with anticoagulant therapy. After an initial period of improvement, she became comatose and hemiplegic 8 days after presentation. After excluding intracerebral hemorrhage by MR imaging, we performed angiography and transfemoral venous thrombolysis with a hydrodynamic thrombectomy catheter, followed by intrasinus urokinase thrombolytic therapy over the course of 2 days. This technique resulted in dramatic sinus thrombolysis and near total neurologic recovery. Six months after treatment, the patient showed mild cognitive impairment and no focal neurologic deficit. Our preliminary experience suggests that this technique may play a significant role in the endovascular treatment of this potentially devastating disease. (+info)Cerebral malaria versus bacterial meningitis in children with impaired consciousness. (6/558)
Cerebral malaria (CM) and acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) are the two common causes of impaired consciousness in children presenting to hospital in sub-Sahara Africa. Since the clinical features of the two diseases may be very similar, treatment is often guided by the initial laboratory findings. However, no detailed studies have examined the extent to which the laboratory findings in these two diseases may overlap. We reviewed data from 555 children with impaired consciousness admitted to Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya. Strictly defined groups were established based on the malaria slide, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leucocyte count and the results of blood and CSF culture and CSF bacterial antigen testing. Our data suggests significant overlap in the initial CSF findings between CM and ABM. The absolute minimum proportions of children with impaired consciousness and malaria parasitaemia who also had definite bacterial meningitis were 4% of all children and 14% of children under 1 year of age. The estimated maximum proportion of all children with impaired consciousness and malaria parasitaemia in whom the diagnosis was dual or unclear was at least 13%. The finding of malaria parasites in the blood of an unconscious child in sub-Saharan Africa is not sufficient to establish a diagnosis of cerebral malaria, and acute bacterial meningitis must be actively excluded in all cases. (+info)Brain O2 consumption and glutamate release during hypoglycemic coma in piglets are temperature sensitive. (7/558)
Hypoglycemic injury in the mature brain is mediated by excitotoxicity, which is worsened by disordered cellular energy metabolism. The role of excitotoxicity in relation to brain energy metabolism during hypoglycemia has not been studied in the immature brain. Brain oxygen consumption (CMRO2) increases during hypoglycemia in piglets, whereas CMRO2 decreases in adult pig models. We tested the hypothesis that increased CMRO2 during hypoglycemic coma is temperature dependent and coincides with increased excitatory amino acids (EAA). We measured cerebral blood flow (CBF), CMRO2, and cortical microdiaysate EAA in pentobarbital-anesthetized piglets during hypoglycemic coma and during 2 h of recovery and in normoglycemic controls. In warmed animals brain temperature was kept normothermic (38.5 degrees C). In unwarmed animals brain temperature was allowed to fall (37.6 degrees C). During hypoglycemia CBF increased similarly in warmed animals and unwarmed animals; CMRO2 increased in warmed animals but not unwarmed animals. Glutamate increased during coma and increased more in warmed animals than unwarmed animals but normalized quickly during recovery. EEG recovered earlier in unwarmed animals. We conclude that during a hypoglycemic coma in the immature brain, CMRO2 and glutamate are increased in a temperature-dependent manner. (+info)Prevention of cerebral malaria in children in Papua New Guinea by southeast Asian ovalocytosis band 3. (8/558)
Southeast Asian ovalocytosis (SAO) occurs at high frequency in malarious regions of the western Pacific and may afford a survival advantage against malaria. It is caused by a deletion of the erythrocyte membrane band 3 gene and the band 3 protein mediates the cytoadherence of parasitized erythrocytes in vitro. The SAO band 3 variant may prevent cerebral malaria but it exacerbates malaria anemia and may also increase acidosis, a major determinant of mortality in malaria. We undertook a case-control study of children admitted to hospital in a malarious region of Papua New Guinea. The SAO band 3, detected by the polymerase chain reaction, was present in 0 of 68 children with cerebral malaria compared with six (8.8%) of 68 matched community controls (odds ratio = 0, 95% confidence interval = 0-0.85). Median hemoglobin levels were 1.2 g/dl lower in malaria cases with SAO than in controls (P = 0.035) but acidosis was not affected. The remarkable protection that SAO band 3 affords against cerebral malaria may offer a valuable approach to a better understanding of the mechanisms of adherence of parasitized erythrocytes to vascular endothelium, and thus of the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria. (+info)
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Coma (cometary) - Wikipedia
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Coma (optics) - Wikipedia
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Diabete coma
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Coma - Rotten Tomatoes
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What Is a Coma?
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What is myxedema coma?
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Coma -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
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Coma, Information about Coma
Leaving out those people whose coma followed drug poisoning, only about 15% of patients who remain in a coma for more than just ... A good wayof categorizing these conditions is to consider the anatomic and metabolic causes of coma. Anatomic causes of coma ... Coma, from the Greek word koma, meaning deep sleep, is a state of extreme unresponsiveness, in which an individual exhibits no ... The Glasgow Coma Scale provides a means of examining a comatose patient. It assigns a different number of points for exam ...
How deep is Arafat's coma?
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Diabetic coma: Recovery and causes
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Yasser Arafat Reportedly in Coma | PBS NewsHour
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Nurse 'felt amused' by coma - Mirror Online
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An Unusual Cause of Coma
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hepatic coma - Liver Disorders - MedHelp
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Myxedema Coma Complicated by Pancytopenia
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Halfbakery: Coma Diet
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- At this clinic people are placed into a medically induced coma and subjected to a high nutriet, low calorie intravenous diet and a daily regimen of exercise machines and electrically stimulated muscles. (halfbakery.com)
- The family of a Florida man who was placed in a medically induced coma Monday after his e-cigarette blew up wants others to understand the dangers of the devices. (nypost.com)
- Former Oakland Raiders linebacker Neiron Ball was placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a brain aneurysm on Sept. 16. (usatoday.com)
- Former Oakland Raiders linebacker Neiron Ball is in a medically-induced coma after suffering a brain aneurysm on September 16. (usatoday.com)
- One of the Middle East's most controversial leaders, Sharon suffered a massive stroke in January 2006, and the then-prime minister was put into a medically-induced coma. (telegraph.co.uk)
- BERLIN (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been removed from a medically induced coma and is responding to speech, Berlin's Charite hospital said on Monday. (reuters.com)
- Six days after being admitted to the intensive care unit Sherie was put in a medically-induced coma. (thesun.co.uk)
- A team of neuroscientists and physicists joined forces to jump-start a patient's brain out of a medically induced coma with ultrasound waves-and it worked, STAT reports. (sciencemag.org)
- Crehan had part of his skull removed to relieve pressure and was placed in a medically induced coma to allow his brain to heal. (scientificamerican.com)
- I am looking for people to talk to that have gone through what I have been through--medically induced coma. (dailystrength.org)
Glasgow Coma19
- The Glasgow Coma Scale provides a means of examining a comatose patient. (faqs.org)
- In the case of an acutely ill patient such as Arafat, with the Glasgow Coma Scale , created in 1974 by the Scottish neurosurgeons Graham Teasdale and Bryan Jennett. (slate.com)
- moderate, and severe-based on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). (britannica.com)
- The patient's Glasgow Coma Scale score at time of admission is the single best factor to determine patient outcome. (pbs.org)
- Such terms lack precision and coma can be more objectively assessed using measures such as the Glasgow coma scale (GCS) (table 1). (scribd.com)
- Clinical findings of comatose patients can be rated according to the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). (epnet.com)
- It can also be defined as a score of ≤ 8 on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) lasting ≥ 6 hours. (wikipedia.org)
- General symptoms of a person in a comatose state are: Inability to voluntarily open the eyes A non-existent sleep-wake cycle Lack of response to physical (painful) or verbal stimuli Depressed brainstem reflexes, such as pupils not responding to light Irregular breathing Scores between 3 and 8 on the Glasgow Coma Scale Many types of problems can cause a coma. (wikipedia.org)
- The Glasgow Coma Scale is a tool physicians use to rate the depth of coma of a patient. (emedicinehealth.com)
- What is the Glasgow Coma Scale? (medicinenet.com)
- The Glasgow Coma Scale was developed to provide healthcare professionals with a simple way of measuring the depth of coma based upon observations of eye opening, speech, and movement. (medicinenet.com)
- The Glasgow Coma Scale is used as part of the initial evaluation of a patient, but does not assist in making the diagnosis as to the cause of coma. (medicinenet.com)
- Since it 'scores' the level of coma, the Glasgow Coma Scale can be used as a standard method for any healthcare professional, from EMT, paramedic, nurse, or neurosurgeon, to assess change in the patient's mental status over time. (medicinenet.com)
- The best use of the Glasgow Coma Scale is to allow healthcare professionals of different clinical skills and training to consistently assess a patient over longer periods of time in order to determine whether the patient is improving, deteriorating, or remaining the same. (medicinenet.com)
- The Glasgow Coma Scale allows a standard assessment that can be shared. (medicinenet.com)
- A person who is dead has a Glasgow Coma Scale of 3 (there is no lower score). (medicinenet.com)
- Mayo Clinic neurologists have created the first new, reliable and easy-to-use clinical tool in 30 years for measuring coma depth, a proposed replacement for the Glasgow Coma Scale. (innovations-report.com)
- Eelco Wijdicks, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist specializing in treating patients in intensive care and inventor of the FOUR Score, says a new scoring system is imperative due to limitations of the system used most commonly, the Glasgow Coma Scale. (innovations-report.com)
- If we only used the Glasgow Coma Scale, we would not be able to accurately explain the patient's condition to the family -- we'd just be able to give a vague explanation. (innovations-report.com)
Result in a co3
- in contrast, lack of oxygen ( anoxia) may result in a coma that lasts for several weeks and is often fatal. (britannica.com)
- Excessive ingestion of alcohol or drugs can also result in a coma, and are among the most common causes of comas. (goodtherapy.org)
- Accidents may also result in a coma. (wisegeek.com)
Myxedema coma23
- What is myxedema coma? (webmd.com)
- When the levels of thyroid hormones become very low, the symptoms get worse and can lead to a serious condition called myxedema coma. (webmd.com)
- Myxedema coma is a rare but life-threatening condition. (webmd.com)
- Hypothyroidism is common, with an extreme manifestation of myxedema coma if untreated. (hindawi.com)
- Hematologic consequences of myxedema coma include mild leukopenia and anemia, rarely pancytopenia. (hindawi.com)
- We present a patient with typical symptoms of myxedema coma, but found to be pancytopenic, with sustained response to levothyroxine and blood transfusion for anemia. (hindawi.com)
- The most extreme manifestation of untreated hypothyroidism is myxedema coma, which carries a mortality rate as high as 25-60% [ 3 ]. (hindawi.com)
- We present a case of a patient whose initial known thyroid disorder presentation was myxedema coma, with a complication of pancytopenia. (hindawi.com)
- Myxedema coma, occasionally called myxedema crisis, is a rare life-threatening clinical condition that represents severe hypothyroidism with physiological decompensation. (medscape.com)
- Patients with myxedema coma are generally severely-ill with significant hypothermia and depressed mental status. (medscape.com)
- A medical emergency, myxedema coma requires immediate attention. (medscape.com)
- Patients with myxedema coma should be treated in an intensive care unit with continuous cardiac monitoring. (medscape.com)
- Myxedema coma occurs as a result of long-standing, undiagnosed, or undertreated hypothyroidism and is usually precipitated by a systemic illness. (medscape.com)
- Myxedema coma can result from any of the causes of hypothyroidism, most commonly chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. (medscape.com)
- this can precipitate myxedema coma. (medscape.com)
- Despite the term myxedema coma, many patients do not present in coma, but manifest variable degrees of altered consciousness. (medscape.com)
- The main pulmonary effect of myxedema coma is hypoventilation, which results from central depression of ventilatory drive with decreased responsiveness to hypoxia and hypercapnia. (medscape.com)
- Initiate thyroid hormone replacement as the mainstay therapy for patients with myxedema coma. (medscape.com)
- Hormonal therapy should be instituted early in patients with a high clinical suspicion of myxedema coma prior to laboratory confirmation. (medscape.com)
- Mild cases may be treated with gradual oral replacement, but patients with myxedema coma usually require large doses of IV replacement. (medscape.com)
- Ono Y, Ono S, Yasunaga H, Matsui H, Fushimi K, Tanaka Y. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of myxedema coma: Analysis of a national inpatient database in Japan. (medscape.com)
- A diagnostic scoring system for myxedema coma. (medscape.com)
- Severe angioedema in myxedema coma: a difficult airway in a rare endocrine emergency. (medscape.com)
Patients27
- Vertical coma is the most common higher-order aberration in the eyes of patients with keratoconus . (wikipedia.org)
- Stroke , a rupture or blockage of vessels supplying blood to the brain, can cause sudden loss of consciousness in some patients, while comas caused by metabolic abnormalities or cerebral tumours are characterized by a more gradual onset, with stages of lethargy and stupor before true coma. (britannica.com)
- Coma patients who score low on the GCS can make miraculous recoveries, but the odds are against them. (slate.com)
- In rehabilitative settings, by contrast, where long-term coma patients are often taken, the more popular measurement of coma depth is the Rancho Los Amigos Scale . (slate.com)
- After a major injury, some patients are in such serious condition that doctors deliberately place them in an artificial coma to protect their body and brain so they can recover. (eurekalert.org)
- A male staff nurse accused of murdering four elderly female patients showed "detached amusement" when he found one alleged victim in a coma, a court hears. (mirror.co.uk)
- When evaluating patients with medical causes for coma the neurologist should be aware of its many causes and various outcomes. (scribd.com)
- In a large study of patients presenting with "medical coma" cerebrovascular disease accounted for 50%, hypoxic ischaemic injury 20%, and various metabolic and infective encephalopathies the remainder. (scribd.com)
- In spite of medical advances and the increasing number of severely brain-injured patients, the assessment and treatment of patients recovering from coma remain challenging. (springer.com)
- Coma patients exhibit a complete absence of wakefulness and are unable to consciously feel, speak or move. (wikipedia.org)
- Given that drug poisoning is the cause for a large portion of patients in a coma, hospitals first test all comatose patients by observing pupil size and eye movement, through the vestibular-ocular reflex. (wikipedia.org)
- Dr. Brian Edlow's Laboratory for NeuroImaging of Coma and Consciousness (NICC) aims to improve acute care and long-term outcomes for patients with coma and other disorders of consciousness caused by traumatic brain injury. (massgeneral.org)
- For example, do coma patients on average, at least those asleep for a long period of time, have a lot of problems getting moving again? (medhelp.org)
- I know people get frozen shoulders and legs when they get muscle tears and don't use the muscle all that much, but I need to know about the muscle control of coma patients after 1 year, 2 year, and 3 years. (medhelp.org)
- Neurologists are trying to figure out how to help these patients by studying how anesthesia works, because the brain under general anesthesia isn't 'asleep' as surgery patients are often told-it is placed into a state that is a reversible coma. (unknowncountry.com)
- Researcher Emery Brown says, 'monitoring brain function under general anesthesia gives us new insights into how the brain works in order to develop new sleep aids and new ways for patients to recover from coma. (unknowncountry.com)
- Patients in coma do not voluntarily interact with their environment. (medicinenet.com)
- Predicting the chances of recovery of consciousness and communication in patients who survive their coma but transit in a vegetative state or minimally conscious state (MCS) remains a major challenge for their medical caregivers. (jci.org)
- The Coma Recovery Scale (CRS-R) is a 23-item instrument used to assist with differential diagnosis, prognostic assessment, and treatment planning with patients having disorders of consciousness. (springer.com)
- A multicentre study of intentional behavioural responses measured using the coma recovery scale-revised in patients with minimally conscious state. (springer.com)
- It emphasizes on treatment of coma and the special needs of comatose patients. (worldcat.org)
- LOS ANGELES-A team of physicians and neuroscientists on Wednesday reported the successful use of ultrasound waves to "jump start" the brain of a 25-year-old man recovering from coma-and plan to launch a much broader test of the technique, in hopes of finding a way to help at least some of the tens of thousands of patients in vegetative states. (scientificamerican.com)
- The aim of this research is to increase effectiveness of treatment of patients in eclamptic coma. (ingentaconnect.com)
- A&E's two-night miniseries remake of the old '70s Michael Douglas movie about a med student trying to learn why so many patients at her hospital are lapsing into comas, the frequently silly "Coma" comes to us from John J. McLaughlin, the writer behind the 2005 Tommy Lee Jones cop-cheerleader comedy "Man of the House" and Darren Aronofksy's "Black Swan. (aintitcool.com)
- Most of those coma patients seem to have remarkably docile relatives who don't ask many questions (lazily explained away by fat hush-money checks). (aintitcool.com)
- Dr. Wijdicks tested the FOUR Score prospectively at Mayo Clinic in 120 intensive care unit patients and compared scores by neurologists specializing in treatment of patients in intensive care, neuroscience nurses and neurology residents to scores using the Glasgow Coma Score. (innovations-report.com)
- Doctors sometimes put patients that have very bad injuries into a coma. (wikipedia.org)
Comas3
- Sometimes people who come out of comas are just as they were before - they can remember what happened to them before the coma and can do everything they used to do. (kidshealth.org)
- For most metabolic comas, the first step in treatment is to protect the brain cells and attempt to eliminate the cause of coma. (britannica.com)
- Comas are classified according to the area of the brain in which the coma originates, but the classification has no relation to prognosis. (goodtherapy.org)
Stupor and Coma2
- The differential diagnosis and evaluation of stupor and coma in children and the evaluation, treatment, and prognosis of stupor and coma in adults are presented separately. (uptodate.com)
- See 'Evaluation of stupor and coma in children' and 'Stupor and coma in adults' . (uptodate.com)
Determine the cause of the coma2
- These tests can help determine the cause of the coma and the location of brain damage. (mayoclinic.org)
- Doctors will work quickly to determine the cause of the coma. (epnet.com)
Unconsciousness9
- Coma , state of unconsciousness, characterized by loss of reaction to external stimuli and absence of spontaneous nervous activity, usually associated with injury to the cerebrum . (britannica.com)
- Prolonged unconsciousness due to altered blood sugar levels is called a diabetic coma. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- A coma is a deep state of unconsciousness. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- A coma is a state of total unconsciousness that lasts more than six hours. (goodtherapy.org)
- A coma is a state of deep unconsciousness that a person cannot be woken from. (epnet.com)
- A coma is a deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound, lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. (wikipedia.org)
- Coma is a state of unconsciousness in which the patient does not consiously respond to the environment and stimuli. (emedicinehealth.com)
- A coma is generally understood to be a state of unconsciousness from which a patient cannot be awakened. (wisegeek.com)
- A coma is a profound state of unconsciousness. (dailystrength.org)
Persistent veget5
- Eighty-seven percent of those who score a three or four after a full day in a coma will either die or remain in a persistent vegetative state. (slate.com)
- A person who remains in a coma for more than a few weeks may be classified as being in a persistent vegetative state. (goodtherapy.org)
- While people can wake up from this state, it is less likely than waking from a coma, and few people who are in a persistent vegetative state for more than three years awaken. (goodtherapy.org)
- Create healthcare diagrams like this example called Coma and Persistent Vegetative State in minutes with SmartDraw. (smartdraw.com)
- A persistent vegetative state sometimes follows a coma. (smartdraw.com)
Consciousness14
- Coma lies on a spectrum with other alterations in consciousness. (faqs.org)
- Anatomic causes of coma are conditions that damage the brain structures responsible for consciousness, either at the level of the cerebal cortex or the brainstem, whereas metabolic causes of coma consist of those conditions that change the chemical environment of the brain, thereby adversely affecting function. (faqs.org)
- Whether or not they are conscious, or how many people are conscious during a coma, or the level of consciousness, is a question that scientists are currently investigating. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Knowledge of the anatomical basis of coma is essential for competent evaluation but must be combined with an understanding of the many, often multi-factorial, medical conditions that result in impaired consciousness. (scribd.com)
- Coma is caused by disordered arousal rather than impairment of the content of consciousness, this being the sum of cognitive and aVective mental function, dependent on an intact cerebral cortex. (scribd.com)
- THOUSAND OAKS - Actor Martin Lawrence regained consciousness Wednesday after slipping into a coma brought on by severe heat exhaustion while exercising, according to doctors at Los Robles Regional Medical Center. (latimes.com)
- For over 10 years now, the Coma Science Group has been working on the scientific exploration of disorders of consciousness, with both scientific and clinical research agendas. (springer.com)
- The Coma Science Group presents here a comprehensive book for readers, regardless of whether they are already familiar with the difficult but exciting field of disorders of consciousness. (springer.com)
- Disorders of consciousness, also referred to as coma when severe enough, can be a difficult situation to assess sufficiently to make reliable predictions about outcome. (sciencebasedmedicine.org)
- Coma is an alteration of consciousness in which a person appears to be asleep, cannot be aroused, and shows no awareness of the environment [ 1 ]. (uptodate.com)
- Coma is therefore the most profound degree to which the two components of consciousness, arousal and awareness, can be diminished. (uptodate.com)
- Assessment of the level of consciousness on a scale Glasgow coma in 3 clicks. (cnet.com)
- Coma is a state of decreased consciousness whereby a patient cannot react with the surrounding environment. (medicinenet.com)
- Coma and impaired consciousness. (worldcat.org)
Induce a coma3
- Sometimes, a doctor will induce a coma using medications, for example, to protect the patient from intense pain during a healing process, or to preserve higher brain function following another form of brain trauma. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Doctors can also medically induce a coma. (goodtherapy.org)
- For example, a health care professional may choose to use medication to induce a coma if there has been a severe head trauma that must be addressed. (wisegeek.com)
Deep coma10
- Furthermore, in a deep coma, even painful stimuli (actions which,when performed on a healthy individual, result in reactions) are unable to effect any response, and normal reflexes may be lost. (faqs.org)
- The team observed cerebral activity in 100% of the cats in deep coma, in the form of oscillations generated in the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for memory and learning processes. (eurekalert.org)
- The most useful aspect of this finding is the therapeutic potential, the neuroprotection, of the extreme deep coma. (eurekalert.org)
- But Dr. Amzica believes that the extreme deep coma experimented on the cats may be more protective. (eurekalert.org)
- Research on the effects of extreme deep coma during which the hippocampus is active, through Nu-complexes. (eurekalert.org)
- Another implication of this finding is that we now have evidence that the brain is able to survive a an extremely deep coma if the integrity of the nervous structures is preserved," said lead author of the study, Daniel Kroeger. (eurekalert.org)
- The study "Human brain activity patterns beyond the isoelectric line of extreme deep coma" by Daniel Kroeger and Florin Amzica of the University of Montreal's Department of Stomatology, and Bogdan Florea of the Medical Centre Regina Maria (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) was published in PLOS ONE . (eurekalert.org)
- His neurological status continues to be same, he's in deep coma and is on a ventilator," Pak High Commission officials were quoted as saying by ANI. (hindustantimes.com)
- Richard Nixon's condition worsened dramatically Thursday and the 81-year-old former President fell into a deep coma, his physicians said. (latimes.com)
- President Richard M. Nixon's condition has deteriorated and he is now in a deep coma. (latimes.com)
Woken5
- A person in a coma cannot be woken up, has depressed reflexes, has no movement in the limbs other than reflex-based movements, does not respond to pain or other physical stimuli, and may have irregular breathing patterns. (goodtherapy.org)
- And you would lose some more weiht after you have been woken from the coma as you have not used your muscles for so long and you would need to learn to walk again. (halfbakery.com)
- Nerve block caused a rare neurological disorder, cauda equina, rushed to emergency nuero surgery and hasn't woken since surgery this AM currently in a coma," Magana's team wrote on her Twitter account following the surgery. (yahoo.com)
- The term coma is used to describe the state where an individual is unconscious and not responding to stimuli, and cannot be woken up. (medic8.com)
- London, Oct 26 (ANI): A teenager from Northampton, who was put in an induced coma after a brutal assault, has woken up believing he is Barack Obama. (yahoo.com)
Left in a co2
- The family of Keighley teacher Adam Pickles who left in a coma following a brutal assault in Thailand have appealed against the decision to acquit his alleged attacker. (itv.com)
- TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The family of the late reggae icon Peter Tosh is seeking answers after they say his son was left in a coma following an attack in a New Jersey jail. (msn.com)
Fell into a coma3
- But when the New Jersey resident fell into a coma he awoke to find himself in his native country of Poland . (yahoo.com)
- Caitlin Stubbs, 25, was 32 weeks pregnant when she suffered a major brain haemorrhage and fell into a coma. (news.com.au)
- A week after that, Ms Hussein's condition was dire: Her temperature spiked to 42C before she fell into a coma - a coma she remains in today. (news.com.au)
Diabetic ketoacidosis1
- Actually it mistreated and aggravated-diabetic cases resulting coma, that is categorized into Hypoglycemic coma, Diabetic ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar coma. (slideshare.net)
20181
- Coma Bassas, E. 2018. (cardiff.ac.uk)
Severe4
- Accumulated substances that might cause coma include ammonia due to liver disease, ketones due to uncontrolled diabetes, or carbon dioxide due to a severe asthma attack. (faqs.org)
- The severe symptoms of uncontrolled blood sugar that can come before a diabetic coma include vomiting, difficulty breathing, confusion, weakness, and dizziness. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- When HHNS is severe, it can lead to seizures , coma , and eventually death. (empowher.com)
- Myxedema and Coma (Severe Hypothyroidism). (medscape.com)
Diagnosis4
- The GCS is used primarily for diagnosis in acute cases-that is, in intensive care units or wherever else the gravely ill might be found immediately after falling into a coma. (slate.com)
- During a coma, a person cannot communicate, so diagnosis is through the outward signs. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Early treatment of coma is generally supportive until a definitive diagnosis is made. (uptodate.com)
- Singer Sarah Harding has revealed that she was placed in an induced coma when she developed sepsis after her breast cancer diagnosis. (rte.ie)
Brain26
- Whether someone fully returns to normal after being in a coma depends on what caused the coma and how badly the brain may have been hurt. (kidshealth.org)
- Coma may accompany a number of metabolic disorders or physical injuries to the brain from disease or trauma. (britannica.com)
- Metabolic causes of coma include a decrease in the delivery to the brain of substances necessary for appropriate brain functioning, such as oxygen, glucose (sugar), and sodium. (faqs.org)
- Coma may also be caused by changes in chemical levels in the brain due to theelectrical derangements caused by seizures (sudden attacks). (faqs.org)
- However, if they do not receive treatment soon after entering the coma, there may be long-term effects, for example, a risk of irreversible brain damage. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Some critics ask whether the medical establishment, given the instances of unexpected recovery from coma, really know enough about the brain to make such judgments. (nytimes.com)
- Those who emerge from coma survive with a brain that is, in varying degrees, different, and their problems are psychological as well as mental and physical. (nytimes.com)
- A coma is typically caused by problems in the brain. (goodtherapy.org)
- An inactive brain coming out of a prolonged coma may be in worse shape than a brain that has had minimal activity. (eurekalert.org)
- A unilateral hemisphere lesion will not result in coma unless there is secondary brain stem compression, caused by herniation, compromising the ascending reticular activating system. (scribd.com)
- The speed of onset, site, and size of a brainstem lesion determine whether it results in coma, so brain stem infarction or haemorrhage often causes coma while other brain stem conditions such as multiple sclerosis or tumour rarely do so. (scribd.com)
- Coma may occur as a complication of an underlying illness, or as a result of injuries, such as brain injury . (medlineplus.gov)
- A coma is the term used for an individual who is unresponsive and still has brain activity, but only minimally so. (medic8.com)
- There may be similarities between brain death and coma, particularly when the latter requires life support. (medic8.com)
- Wounded Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was put into an induced coma in order to help her brain heal. (unknowncountry.com)
- Causes of coma include head trauma , bleeding in the brain , skull fractures, brain swelling, lack of oxygen to the brain, poisons, and endocrine disorders. (emedicinehealth.com)
- The outlook of coma for a patient depends on the cause of the coma and the damage to the brain and other organs of the patient's body. (emedicinehealth.com)
- A young Queensland mum has no recollection of giving birth after a major brain bleed saw her slip into a coma 32 weeks into her pregnancy. (news.com.au)
- By the time she reach the hospital she had fallen into a coma and it became clear that she had suffered another brain bleed. (news.com.au)
- Coma occurs when the brain does not have enough nutrients. (medicinenet.com)
- Trauma , bleeding, or swelling of the brain can affect blood delivery, various poisons can also directly injure the brain, and brain inflammation and infection can also alter mental status and lead to coma. (medicinenet.com)
- They were part of a new clinical trial investigating whether repeated stimulation with familiar voices can help repair a coma victim's injured brain networks and spur his recovery. (redorbit.com)
- Coma/Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery Association, Inc. (nih.gov)
- Since then, clinical research efforts in the field of acute brain damage and coma have increased nearly exponentially. (jci.org)
- A coma scoring system is used by physicians to initially assess a comatose patient to determine the severity of the brain injury, to monitor the patient's ongoing progress, and to determine the best treatment during a coma. (innovations-report.com)
- the other hospital told us he was in a coma, they dont know if there was any brain damage but it's not looking good. (dailystrength.org)
Symptoms2
- This condition is life-threatening, so it is important to seek medical attention immediately if you think you have any symptoms of an impending hyperosmolar nonketotic coma. (empowher.com)
- BERLIN: German doctors treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for a suspected poisoning said on Friday the dissident is still in an induced coma but his condition is stable and his symptoms are improving. (indiatimes.com)
Person in a coma cann1
- A person in a coma cannot react to events in the environment. (epnet.com)
Disorders3
- Coma Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). (goodtherapy.org)
- A coma due to disorders of the neuronal mechanisms of energy transfer or due to impairment or deprivation of the energy sources. (dictionary.com)
- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and other institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conduct research related to coma in their laboratories at the NIH and also support additional research through grants to major medical institutions across the country. (nih.gov)
Doctors11
- Though some Palestinian officials have been quoted as saying the longtime PLO leader is already dead , the French doctors tending to Arafat insist he's still alive , albeit in a "deeper coma" than the one he was in a few days ago. (slate.com)
- Doctors also provide treatment to keep the person alive while he/she is in the coma. (goodtherapy.org)
- Spahlinger was taken to NCH Downtown Naples Hospital before being flown to a Miami hospital where doctors placed him in a coma to alleviate pain. (nypost.com)
- Because people in a coma can't express themselves, doctors must rely on physical clues and information provided by families and friends. (mayoclinic.org)
- Doctors will observe breathing patterns to help diagnose the cause of the coma. (mayoclinic.org)
- If the coma is the result of drug overdose, doctors will give medications to treat the condition. (mayoclinic.org)
- If the coma is due to seizures, doctors will administer medications to control seizures. (mayoclinic.org)
- With both my lungs and kidneys failing, doctors decided to put me into an induced coma,' the 39-year-old recounts. (rte.ie)
- A healthy mother of four who was struck down at Christmas with coronavirus is now in a coma and doctors fear she may not survive. (news.com.au)
- Doctors attempted to wake him after about a week, said his father, Michael Crehan, but it didn't go well, so he was returned to the coma for another week. (scientificamerican.com)
- A coma scoring system like the FOUR Score makes better doctors,' he says. (innovations-report.com)
Complication1
- Hehrmann R. [Coma in myxedema--a rare complication of hypothyroidism. (medscape.com)
Lasts2
- A coma often lasts for a few days or weeks. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- A coma rarely lasts more than 2 to 4 weeks. (medlineplus.gov)
Cerebral4
- Large doses of barbiturates alone will also produce coma by suppressing cerebral blood flow, thus causing anoxia. (britannica.com)
- Coma is the result of something that interferes with the functioning of the cerebral cortex or the functioning of the structures which make up the RAS. (faqs.org)
- About two weeks after Mrs. Gates was discharged, she collapsed in her home with cerebral hemorrhage and went into a coma for nine months. (sun-sentinel.com)
- Injury to either or both of the cerebral cortex or the reticular activating system (RAS) is sufficient to cause a person to enter coma. (wikipedia.org)
Went into a coma1
- Hosni Mubarak, 84, had been moved to a military hospital in Cairo on Tuesday, after suffering a heart attack, after which he went into a coma. (rt.com)
Common cause of coma2
- alcohol combined with barbiturates is a common cause of coma in suicide attempts. (britannica.com)
- The second most common cause of coma, which makes up about 25% of cases, is lack of oxygen, generally resulting from cardiac arrest. (wikipedia.org)
Wakes1
- On TV, it seems like someone in a coma wakes up right away, looks around, and is able to think and talk normally. (kidshealth.org)
Irreversible coma2
- Boston medical resident Susan Wheeler (Geneviève Bujold) becomes suspicious when her friend (Lois Chiles) is left in an irreversible coma after a routine procedure. (rottentomatoes.com)
- French television station LCI quoted an anonymous medical official as saying Arafat was in an "irreversible coma" and was "intubated. (pbs.org)
Hypothyroidism1
- People with hypothyroidism who are in or near a coma should be taken to an emergency department right away. (webmd.com)
20171
- Sandberg M.A. (2017) Coma Recovery Scale. (springer.com)
React to the surrounding1
- A person who is experiencing a coma cannot be awakened, and they do not react to the surrounding environment. (medicalnewstoday.com)
Treatments2
- While medical science has produced coma treatments that have been successful in some cases, there is no exact treatment for dealing with a coma. (wisegeek.com)
- Examines various aspects of coma from neurochemistry, monitoring, and treatments to prognostic factors. (worldcat.org)
Emerge from coma1
- research suggests that EEG recordings potentially can be used to predict whether a patient will emerge from coma. (britannica.com)
Patient's chances1
- A coma patient's chances of surviving and waking up could be predicted by changes in the brain's ability to discriminate sounds, new research suggests. (sciencenews.org)
Recovery from coma2
- Recovery from coma has been linked to auditory function before, but it wasn't clear whether function depended on the time of assessment. (sciencenews.org)
- The states operate on different time scales: General anesthesia in minutes to hours, and recovery from coma in hours to months to years, if ever. (unknowncountry.com)
Spherical aberration2
- Schemes to reduce spherical aberration without introducing coma include Schmidt , Maksutov , ACF and Ritchey-Chrétien optical systems. (wikipedia.org)
- Lenses in which both spherical aberration and coma are minimized at a single wavelength are called bestform or aplanatic lenses. (wikipedia.org)
Infection2
- Metabolic causes of coma are diagnosed from blood work and urinalysis to evaluate blood chemistry, drug screen, and blood cell abnormalities that may indicate infection. (faqs.org)
- Coma may occur for various reasons, such as intoxication, a disease or infection that affects the central nervous system (CNS), a serious injury, and hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation. (medicalnewstoday.com)
Supportive1
- Coma is a medical emergency, and attention must first be directed to maintaining the patient's respiration and circulation, using intubation and ventilation, administration of intravenous fluids or blood as needed, and other supportive care. (faqs.org)
Hypoglycemia1
- Before entering a coma, a person with worsening hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), or hypercapnia (higher blood CO2 levels), for example, will first experience mild agitation. (medicalnewstoday.com)
Patient8
- In other institutions, this same kind of patient is exposed to intense external stimulation - an ice cube placed on his bare arm, the crashing of blocks of wood beside his ears - in efforts to ''awaken'' him from coma. (nytimes.com)
- The emotional wear and tear on the patient and his family is matched by the financial sacrifice - it costs hundreds of dollars a day to keep a coma patient in intensive care, and the total cost of extended rehabilitation afterward can be even greater. (nytimes.com)
- The researchers observed a human patient in an extreme deep hypoxic coma under powerful anti-epileptic medication that he had been required to take due to his health issues. (eurekalert.org)
- Dr. Bogdan Florea from Romania contacted our research team because he had observed unexplainable phenomena on the EEG of a coma patient. (eurekalert.org)
- Initial evaluation: patient was in coma (E2 M3 V2). (hindawi.com)
- Establishing a secure airway in a patient with coma may be attained by repositioning the child to open the airway, but often requires intubation to ensure adequate ventilation and to prevent aspiration of secretions or gastric contents (see 'Emergency endotracheal intubation in children' ). (uptodate.com)
- A fully awake patient has a Glasgow Coma Score of 15. (medicinenet.com)
- Recovery from the coma usually takes some time, as the patient slowly regains control of motor functions and is able to recapture speech and other communication skills. (wisegeek.com)
Occurs1
- The case of Sergeant Mack occurs at a time of a growing debate in the medical world over what can and cannot - indeed, what should and should not -be done for those whose brains have been injured severely enough to put them into coma. (nytimes.com)
Voluntary actions1
- Those in lighter coma may offer some response to a verbal or painful stimulus, to the point they may even seem wake, yet meet the criteria of coma because they do not respond to their environment by initiating voluntary actions. (medicinenet.com)
Diabetes4
- Common causes of metabolic coma include diabetes , excessive consumption of alcohol, and barbiturate poisoning. (britannica.com)
- A diabetic coma can affect a person with diabetes when they have high or low levels of blood sugar or other substances in the body. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- For those living with diabetes, monitoring blood glucose accurately is necessary to prevent diabetes-related complications such as heart attacks, blindness and coma. (news-medical.net)
- Your veterinarian will perform the necessary tests to determine the underlying cause of the coma, including the presence of health conditions such as diabetes. (petmd.com)
Depends3
- A doctor can reverse a diabetic coma quickly, but the treatment depends on the type. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Treatment typically depends upon the cause of the coma. (goodtherapy.org)
- The outcome for coma depends on the cause, severity, and site of the damage. (medlineplus.gov)
Acute1
- Coma is an acute, life threatening situation. (scribd.com)
Onset3
- A 37-year-old female presented in coma of gradual onset. (hindawi.com)
- Her family reported episodic abnormal behavior in the mornings, excessive sleepiness, and episodic vomiting of one-week duration prior to the onset of coma. (hindawi.com)
- We describe the case of a 64-year-old male with new onset seizure activity and coma following self-reported regular kratom use. (springer.com)
Cometary1
- This causes stars to appear to have a cometary coma , hence the name. (wikipedia.org)
Cause coma1
- Bilateral thalamic and hypothalamic lesions also cause coma by interrupting activation of the cortex mediated through these structures. (scribd.com)
Unlike coma2
- All of these are conditions which, unlike coma, still allow the person torespond to stimuli, although such a response may be brief and require stimulus of greater than normal intensity. (faqs.org)
- The VS may be a transitional state on the route to further recovery or, unlike coma, which virtually never becomes chronic, the VS may progress to a long-standing, sometimes irreversible condition. (jci.org)
Produce coma2
- Extensive bilateral damage or disturbance of the hemisphere function is required to produce coma. (scribd.com)
- Drugs and metabolic disease produce coma by a depression of both cortex and ascending reticular activating system function. (scribd.com)
Medical coma1
- No one care truly understand what your mind does to you in a medical coma except someone who has been through it. (dailystrength.org)
Reversible-coma1
- Using the anesthetic isoflurane, they placed the cats in an extremely deep-but completely reversible-coma. (eurekalert.org)
Michael Crichton1
- The good news about 'Coma,' A&E's four-hour miniseries adaptation of the Michael Crichton film airing Monday and Tuesday night, is that it's much better than its previous miniseries adaptation of the Michael Crichton book 'The Andromeda Strain. (aintitcool.com)
Seizure activity1
- EEG - to check whether seizure activity has caused the coma. (medic8.com)
Koma3
- Coma, from the Greek word koma, meaning deep sleep, is a state of extreme unresponsiveness, in which an individual exhibits no voluntary movement or behavior. (faqs.org)
- The term 'coma', from the Greek κῶμα koma, meaning deep sleep, had already been used in the Hippocratic corpus (Epidemica) and later by Galen (second century AD). (wikipedia.org)
- Drawing the name from the Greek word koma , which means deep sleep, a coma can result from a number of different events. (wisegeek.com)
Stimuli1
- During a coma, a person does not react to external stimuli and they will not show normal reflex responses. (medicalnewstoday.com)
Arafat's2
Hyperosmolar1
- The best way to prevent hyperosmolar nonketotic coma is to monitor your blood glucose levels regularly. (empowher.com)
Scale3
- The Coma Recovery Scale was initially developed by Giacino and colleagues in 1991 and then revised in 2004 and re-named the JFK Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (Giacino et al. (springer.com)
- The JFK coma recovery scale-revised: Measurement characteristics and diagnostic utility. (springer.com)
- The JFK coma recovery scale-revised. (springer.com)