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Comatose

Known as: Coma, BEVISSTLOSHET/KOMA, Coma [Disease/Finding] 
A profound state of unconsciousness associated with depressed cerebral activity from which the individual cannot be aroused. Coma generally occurs… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Measuring premorbid IQ in traumatic brain injury: An examination of the validity of the Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR)
Estimation of premorbid IQ in traumatic brain injury (TBI) is clinically and scientifically valuable because it permits the… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Is this patient dead, vegetative, or severely neurologically impaired? Assessing outcome for comatose survivors of cardiac arrest.
CONTEXT Most survivors of cardiac arrest are comatose after resuscitation, and meaningful neurological recovery occurs in a small… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Early hemicraniectomy in patients with complete middle cerebral artery infarction.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Malignant, space-occupying supratentorial ischemic stroke is characterized by a mortality rate of up to 80… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Advance directives for medical care--a case for greater use.
UNLABELLED BACKGROUND. Advance directives for medical care and the designation of proxy decision makers to guide medical care… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Impact of ICP instability and hypotension on outcome in patients with severe head trauma
✓ This study describes the relationship between raised intracranial pressure (ICP), hypotension, and outcome from severe head… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
An outbreak of toxic encephalopathy caused by eating mussels contaminated with domoic acid.
In Canada in late 1987 there was an outbreak of an acute illness characterized by gastrointestinal symptoms and unusual… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Deciding for others.
Decision making for incompetent elderly people is an increasingly serious issue for American society. The decision-making… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Further experience in the management of severe head injury.
A prospective and consecutive series of 225 patients with severe head injuries who were managed in a uniform way was analyzed to… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Demonstration of resistance against methylcholanthrene-induced sarcomas in the primary autochthonous host.
Summary Host resistance against methylcholanthrene (MC)-induced sarcomas, demonstrated by previous authors after transplantation… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
DIFFUSE DEGENERATION OF THE CEREBRAL WHITE MATTER IN SEVERE DEMENTIA FOLLOWING HEAD INJURY
This paper reports the findings in the brains of five patients who' survived a closed head injury in a more or less decerebrate… 
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