• Revista de neurologia · May 1997

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    [The evaluation of a newborn in a coma].

    • I Alfonso, O Papazian, and E Hernández.
    • Departamento de Neurología, Miami Children's Hospital, FL 33155, USA.
    • Rev Neurol. 1997 May 1; 25 (141): 685-90.

    AbstractComa is differentiated from sleep by the absence of a normal arousal response and from death by the presence of heart beats and the absence of brain death criteria. Most causes of coma are readily diagnosed and treated. Others require a test whose results are not immediately available, transportation or a risky procedure and empirical treatment has to be considered. In addition to treating the cause of coma, treatment of the systemic and neurological causes of secondary brain damage is paramount.

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