TY - BOOK AU - Young,G.Bryan AU - Ropper,Allan H. AU - Bolton,Charles Francis TI - Coma and impaired consciousness: a clinical perspective SN - 0070723710 (alk. paper) PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division KW - Coma KW - Consciousness Disorders N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1; Consciousness, Major Syndromes, and Approach; 1; Consciousness; G. Bryan Young; 2; Major Sundromes of Impaired Consciousness; G. Bryan Young; 3; Initial Assessment and Management of the Patient with Impaired Alertness; G. Bryan Young --; Pt. 2; Impaired Consciousness and Physical and Structural Insults; 4; Transtentorial Herniation; Allan H. Ropper; 5; Intracranial Hemorrhage; Eelco F. M. Wijdicks; 6; Head Injury; R. Moulton; 7; Impaired Consciousness Associated with Neoplasia; G. Bryan Young; 8; Impaired Consciousness and Disorders of Temperature: Hyperthermia and Hypothermia; G. Bryan Young; 9; Electrical Injuries; G. Bryan Young; 10; Burn Encephalopathy; G. Bryan Young --; Pt. 3; Impaired Consciousness and Inflammatory Conditions; 11; Infections of the Central Nervous System; Charles F. Bolton; 12; Other Inflammatory Disorders; G. Bryan Young --; Pt. 4; Metabolic, Nutritional, and Toxic Encephalopathies; 13; Metabolic Encephalopathies; G. Bryan Young and Debra A. DeRubeis; 14; Nutritional Deficiency and Impaired Consciousness; G. Bryan Young; 15; Anoxic and Ischemic Brain Injury; G. Bryan Young; 16; Drugs; Part A: Poisoning; Rocco V. Gerace; Part B: Pharmacologic Considerations in Impaired Consciousness; Christopher G. Wherrett --; Pt. 5; Episodic Impairment of Consciousness; 17; Seizures and Status Epilepticus; G. Bryan Young and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks; 18; Other Causes of Transient or Reversible Impairment of Consciousness; G. Bryan Young --; Pt. 6; Impaired Consciousness in Clinical Contexts; 19; Emergency Management of the Comatose Patient; Rocco V. Gerace, William A. McCauley and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks; 20; Coma in Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units; Eelco F. M. Wijdicks; 21; Coma in the Transplant Intensive Care Unit; Eelco F. M. Wijdicks; 22; The Maternity Ward; G. Bryan Young; 23; Impaired Consciousness in Neurodegenerative Disorders; G. Bryan Young; 24; Ethics; G. Bryan Young and Paul R. Steacy ER -