Chapter-45 Approach to Coma
BOOK TITLE: Textbook of Pediatric Neurology in Tropics
Author
1. Shah Sunit K
ISBN
9788180618802
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12090_45
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2007
Pages
5
Author Affiliations
1.
Advanced Neurology Centre, Brain Tower, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur
Chapter keywords
Approach to coma,
Acutely comatose patient,
Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR),
Clinical approach to prognosis,
Decorticate rigidity indicates,
General physical examination,
Laboratory studies,
Meningeal irritation,
Metabolic or structural coma,
Neurologic examination,
Ocular motility,
Reticular activating system (RAS)