Coma and Disorders of Consciousness

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Schnakers, Caroline (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Laureys, Steven (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Neurology .; Rehabilitation.; Neurosurgery.; Psychiatry.; Neuroradiology.; Neurology.

This revised and expanded second edition discusses the assessment and treatment of patients recovering from coma and disorders of consciousness. Besides diagnostic, prognostic and ethical issues, this book describes well-established techniques and procedures, and also techniques under development. N...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Consciousness theories
• Behavioral assessment and diagnosis of disorders of consciousness
• Prognosis in disorders of consciousness
• Neuroimaging in disorders of consciousness
• Electrophysiology in disorders of consciousness
• Caregivers burnout in disorders of consciousness
• Spasticity in disorders of consciousness
• Feasibility of oral feeding in patients with disorders of consciousness
• Sleep in disorders of consciousness
• Sensory stimulation program
• Pharmacological treatments
• Neuromodulation treatments
• Long term care in disorders of consciousness
• Ethics in disorders of consciousness
• Near Death Experience
• Future perspectives of clinical coma science.