Coma, Stupor, and Related Disorders of Consciousness

Coma, Stupor, and Related Disorders of Consciousness reviews recent research and best practice in the assessment and treatment of coma, stupor, and disorders of consciousness. It encompasses the neural circuits, anatomy & physiology of stupor and coma, differential diagnosis and clinical assessment, imagery, EEGs, therapy/intervention, decision making and prognosis. Reviews recent advances in disorders of consciousnessProvides neural circuits and anatomy of DoCIdentifies basis for differential diagnosisSummarizes best practices for therapy/interventionIncludes imagery, EEG, evoked potentials of DoC INDICE: 1. Definitions and terms in DOC including stupor and coma 2. A history of the literature on delirium, phrenezy, stupor and coma 3. The Neuroscientific Underpinnings/Neurology/Neurocircuitries of DOC 4. Differential diagnosis of DOC 5. Clinical assessments and scales in DOC 6. Advances in imaging in disorders of consciousness 7. Advances in EEG in encephalopathy and coma 8. Short-latency evoked potentials in encephalopathy and coma 9. Advances in long-latency evoked potentials in DOC, encephalopathy and coma 10. Advances in Blood and CSF based Biomarkers in DOC 11. Advances in multimodal monitoring of patients in DOC Suggestion 12. Computer modeling in DOC 13. A clinician’s approach to diagnosing disorders of consciousness, VS, PVS, MCS, LIS 14. Advances in pharmacology to improve DOC (amantadine, zolpidem, Ritalin etc.) 15. Advances in nonpharmacologic therapies to improve DOC 16. Invasive interventions in DOC 17. Ethical issues in patients with DOC; end of life; withdrawal of care 18. Decision making and prognosis in anoxic coma 19. Acute and Subacute Rehabilitation in DOC 20, Brain Computer Interface in DOC 21. How to approach the patient’s family for a patient in coma

• ISBN: 978-0-443-13408-1
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 325
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2024
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés