Clinical Practice Guidelines for Coma Management

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Coma Management. It has been defined as acute alteration of wakefulness state, in which patients have a primitive response (or no response at all) to nociceptive stimulus without waking up and could reach the total absence of all reflex. This document includes a revi...

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Main Authors: Julio Alonso Cortizo Hernández, Maribel Misas Menéndez, Zenia Lisset Hernández Millán, Diosdania Alfonso Falcón, Tania Pérez Ramos
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2009-03-01
Series:Medisur
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Online Access:http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/695
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Summary:Clinical Practice Guidelines for Coma Management. It has been defined as acute alteration of wakefulness state, in which patients have a primitive response (or no response at all) to nociceptive stimulus without waking up and could reach the total absence of all reflex. This document includes a review and update of the main clinical aspects, concepts, aetiology and therapy for this condition. It includes assessment guidelines focused on the most important aspects to be accomplished.
ISSN:1727-897X