Coma and other consciousness disorders
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v86i3p123-131Keywords:
Coma/diagnosis, Coma/physiopathology, Brain injuries/etiology, Consciousness/classification, Diagnosis, differential.Abstract
The alterations of the level of conscience can vary among two ends, from a mental confusion to a state of deep coma. In clinical practice it is extremely common apatient with alteration of the level of conscience without diagnosis. In general hospitals, studies indicate that the alcoholism, the brain trauma and the cardiovascular diseases are the main causes of coma (82%). Its necessary know how to recognize the main causes of unconsciousness of and their differential diagnosis, aimed to identify the severe ill patient and to treat the possible emergency states that take to a secondary neurological damage. In this revision, we emphasized the key points in the neurological exam to determine the different alterations ofthe level of consciousness.Downloads
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2007-09-26
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Andrade, A. F. de, Carvalho, R. do C., Amorim, R. L. O. de, Paiva, W. S., Figueiredo, E. G., & Teixeira, M. J. (2007). Coma and other consciousness disorders. Revista De Medicina, 86(3), 123-131. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v86i3p123-131