Health care professionals use a variety of therapeutic techniques and programs to move patients from a state of unconsciousness (coma) toward a greater awareness of their environment.

Nov 1, 2016 · Coma is a life-threatening process that requires immediate stabilization and a structured approach to diagnosis and management. The differential diagnosis for coma is long, but is often …

tical condition who need emergency intervention. Coma remains a classic problem in neurology, in which intervention within minutes can often make the d fference between life and death for the …

Non-contrast cranial CT should be obtained emergently in unconscious patients with a presumed structural cause of coma and in patients with an unclear cause of coma after initial assessment of …

Characterised by the absence of arousal and thus also of consciousness, coma is a state of unresponsiveness in which the patient lies with the eyes closed, cannot be aroused, and has no …

Bernstein JE, Ghanchi H, Kashyap S, et al. Pentobarbital coma with therapeutic hypothermia for treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension in traumatic brain injury patients: a single institution …

Management of coma is a time-sensitive process. The clinical approach to an unconscious patient should be structured. Figure 1 outlines a management algorithm.