Search Results - "Coma"

Inside coma a new view of awareness, healing, and hope / by Morin, Pierre, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Recovery and the process-oriented approach -- The myth of vegetation, mind-body beliefs and coma work -- The myth of health and normality -- The mystery of relationship in coma care and recovery -- The spirit of healing : accessing the healer in you and your client -- Using your own altered states to benefit the person in coma -- Preventing burnout -- Coma as our teacher -- Relating to the hospital, health care team, and family -- Post-coma work -- The future of coma work.…”
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The post-traumatic vegetative state

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Plum and Posner's diagnosis of stupor and coma

Subjects: “…Coma Diagnosis.…”
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Artificial nutrition and hydration and the permanently unconscious patient the Catholic debate /

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Women psychotherapists journeys in healing /

Table of Contents: “…The birthing of a womanist psychologist : on becoming a guide to healing and empowerment / Thema Bryant-Davis -- Hannah Krants : conversion / Janice Crawford -- (As) if i had a choice / Beverly Fauman -- Psychologist by accident, profession by choice : my journey of compassion and service / Patricia Pitta -- Slave and midwife : healing in the midst of social injustice / Beverly Greene -- The woman psychotherapist : a spiritual perspective / Marcella Bakur Weiner -- Transcultural woman : healing in a strange land / Lillian Comas-D�az -- The delicate art of connection and healing / Cinzia Levalds -- Becoming a psychotherapist : discovering the self amidst cultural shifts / Pratyusha Tummala-Narra -- Unbroken chain / Carla Bradshaw -- Adversity, healing, and the development and practice of a woman psychologist / Jennifer Ruff.…”
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The case of Terri Schiavo ethics, politics, and death in the 21st century /

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Care of people with diabetes a manual of nursing practice / by Dunning, Trisha

Table of Contents: “…Diagnosing and classifying diabetes -- Assessment and nursing diagnosis -- Monitoring diabetes mellitus -- Nutritional aspects of caring for people with diabetes -- Medication commonly used in diabetes management -- Hypoglycaemia -- Hyperglycaemia, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), hyperosmolar coma and lactic acidosis -- Long term complications of diabetes -- Management during surgical and investigative procedures -- Special situations and unusual conditions related to diabetes -- Diabetes and sexual health -- Diabetes in the older person -- Diabetes in children and adolescents -- Women, pregnancy, and gestational diabetes -- Psychological and quality of life issues related to having diabetes -- Diabetes education -- Discharge planning -- Community and primary care nursing and home-based care -- Complementary therapies and diabetes -- Managing diabetes in the emergency situations.…”
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Fundamentals of neurologic disease an introductory text / by Davis, Larry E. (Larry Ernest)

Table of Contents: “…Approach to the patient with a neurological problem -- Neurologic examination -- Common neurologic tests -- Disorders of muscle -- Disorders of neuromuscular junction -- Disorders of peripheral nerves -- Disorders of the spinal cord and vertebral bodies -- Disorders of the brainstem and cerebellum -- Disorders of the cerebrovascular system -- Disorders of myelin -- Disorders of higher cortical function -- Disorders of the extrapyramidal system -- Central nervous system infections -- Brain tumors -- Seizures and status epilepticus -- Coma and cerebral death -- Disorders of the developing nervous system -- Traumatic brain injury and subdural hematoma -- Neurologic complications of alcoholism -- Disorders of pain and headache -- Disorders of the vestibular system.…”
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Clinical adult neurology

Table of Contents: “…Lanska -- Dementia / Douglas J. Lanska -- Coma / Joseph R. Berger -- The epilepsies / Evelyn S. …”
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Werner & Ingbar's the thyroid : a fundamental and clinical text /

Table of Contents: “…hyrotoxic storm -- Diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis -- Treatment of thyrotoxicosis -- Subclinical thyrotoxicosis -- Introduction to hypothyroidism -- Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis -- Genetic defects causing hypothyroidism -- Primary hypothyroidism due to other causes -- Central hypothyroidism -- Overview of the clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism -- The cardiovascular system in hypothyroidism -- The male and female reproductive system in hypothyroidism -- The skeletal system in hypothyroidism -- Psychiatric and cognitive effects of hypothyroidism -- Myxedema coma -- Diagnosis of hypothyroidism -- Treatment of hypothyroidism -- Subclinical hypothyroidism -- Multinodular goiter: pathogenesis and management -- Clincial evaluation and management of thyroid nodules -- Carcinomas of follicular epithelium: epidemiology and pathogenesis -- Molecular genetics of tumors of thyroid follicular cells -- Carcinoma of the follicular epithelium: surgical therapy -- Staging and prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer -- Medical management of differentiated epithelial cell thyroid cancer -- Medullary thyroid carcinoma -- Anaplastic thyroid cancer and miscellaneous tumors of the thyroid -- The maturation of thyroid function in the perinatal period and during childhood -- Hypothyroidism in infants and children: neonatal screening -- Hypothyroidism in infants and children: congenital hypothyroidism -- Hypothyroidism in infants, children, and adolescents: acquired hypothyroidism -- Hyperthyroidism in the neonatal period and childhood -- Thyroid disorders during pregnancy and postpartum -- Thyroid disruptors -- Reduced sensitivity to thyroid hormone: defects of transport, metabolism, and action.…”
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Memorizing medicine : a revision guide / by Bentley, Paul, Dr

Table of Contents: “…Cestodes (tapeworms) -- Trematodes (flukes) -- Rheumatology -- Osteoarthritis -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Seronegative arthropathies -- Septic arthritis -- Crystal arthropathies -- Pyrophosphate arthropathy -- Multisystemic autoimmune diseases -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Scleroderma -- Sjögren syndrome -- Autoimmune myositis -- Vasculitis -- Raynaud phenomenon -- Cryoglobulinaemia -- Carpal tunnel syndrome -- Collagen and elastictissue diseases -- Back pain -- Bone cysts -- Sclerosis -- Neurology -- Headache -- Acute confusional state -- Coma -- Dementia -- Parkinsonism -- Chorea…”
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Visual diagnosis in emergency and critical care medicine

Table of Contents: “…-- Chest pain and subtle ST segment elevation -- Fluid in my eye -- Coma following head truama -- Blue hue following endoscopy -- Shoulder pain following direct blow -- An overdose of prenatal vitamins -- Fever and rash in a child -- Lamp oil ingestion -- Diffuse ankle pain following a fall -- Emergency department drop-off -- Weakness and bradycardia in an elderly female patient -- Blurred vision following yard work -- A gagging child -- A child with brusies of different ages -- Traumatic eye pain and proptosis -- Post-prandial abdominal pain in an elderly woman -- Hyperthermia, tachycardia, and confusion in a teenager -- Acute onset double vision -- Ankle pain and inability to walk -- Tongue swelling in a hypertensive female -- Wide complex tachycardia in an older male patient -- Acute onset double vision -- Foot pain in a gymnast -- New facial droop -- Eye pain and swelling -- Shortening and rotation of a the leg following trauma -- Spider bite in the night -- Wide complex tachycardia in a young adult -- Abdominal pain in a trauma victim.…”
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Merritt's neurology.

Table of Contents: “…Signs and symptoms in neurologic diagnosis: approach to the patient -- Delirium and confusion -- Memory loss, behavioral changes and dementia -- Aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia -- Syncope, seizures and their mimics -- Coma -- Headache -- Diagnosis of pain and paresthesias -- Dizziness, vertigo, and hearing loss -- Impaired vision -- Involuntary movements -- Syndromes caused by weak muscles -- Gait disorders -- CT and MRI -- Electroencephalography and evoked potentials -- Electromyography, nerve conduction studies, and and magnetic stimulation -- Autonomic testing -- Neurovascular imaging -- Endovascular neuroradiology -- Lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid examination -- Muscle and nerve biopsy -- Neuropsychological evaluation -- DNA diagnosis -- Bacterial infections -- Focal infections -- Viral infections and postviral syndromes -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) -- Fungal infections -- Neurosarcoidosis -- Neurosyphilis -- Leptospirosis -- Lyme disease -- Parasitic infections -- Bacterial toxins -- Prion diseases -- Whipple disease -- Pathogenesis, classification, and epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease -- Examination of the patient with cerebrovascular disease -- Transient ischemic attack -- Cerebral infarction -- Intracerebral hemorrhage -- Genetics of stroke -- Other cerebrovascular syndromes -- Differential diagnosis of stroke -- Stroke in children -- Treatment and prevention of stroke -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis -- Vascular disease of the spinal cord -- Vasculitis -- Susac syndrome -- Vascular tumors and malformations -- Hydrocephalus -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) -- Brain edema and disorders of intracranial pressure -- Superficial siderosis and intracerebral hypotension -- Hyperosmolar syndromes -- General considerations -- Tumors of the skull and cranial nerves -- Tumors of the meninges -- Gliomas -- Lymphomas -- Pineal region tumors -- Tumors of the pituitary gland -- Congenital and childhood tumors -- Metastatic tumors -- Spinal tumors -- Paraneoplastic syndromes -- Complications of cancer chemotherapy --…”
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Niedermeyer's electroencephalography : basic principles, clinical applications, and related fields /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1: Historical Aspects of EEG 2: Introduction to Neurophysiology 3: Cellular Substrates of Brain Rhythms 4: Dynamics of EEGs as Signals of Neuronal Populations: Models and Theoretical Considerations 5: Biophysical Aspects of EEG and Magnetoencephalogram Generation 6: Analog Signal Recording Principles 7: Digital Recording Principles 8: Principles of EEG Localization 9: Normal EEG in the Preterm and Term Neonate: Awake and Asleep 10: Normal EEG and Sleep: Infant to Adolescents 11: Normal EEG and Sleep: Adults and Elderly 12: Activation Techniques 13: Artifacts of Recording 14: Non-specific or Questionably Significant Findings 15: Neuronal Degenerative and Storage Diseases 16: The EEG in Congenital Malformations of Cortical Development, Neurocutaneous Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Autism/Mental Retardation, and ADHD/Learning Disabilities of Childhood 17: Brain Tumors and Other Space-Occupying Lesions 18: Inflammatory Disorders of the Brain 19: Cerebrovascular Diseases and EEG 20: Dementia and EEG 21: Metabolic Disorders and EEG 22: Craniocerebral Trauma 23: Anoxia, Coma, and Brain Death 24: EEG in Headache and Migraine 25: Seizures in the Preterm and Term Neonate 26: Seizures and Epilepsy in Infants to Adolescents 27: Epilepsy in Adults and the Elderly 28: Convulsive Status Epilepticus 29: Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus 30: Anticipation of Seizure Based on EEG 31: Non-epileptic Attacks 32: Nasopharyngeal, Sphenoidal, and Other Complementary Electrodes 33: Depth, Subdural, and Foramen Ovale Electrodes 34: Electrocorticography 35: Principles and Techniques for Long-Term EEG Recording (EMU, ICU, Amb) 36: Infraslow EEG Activity 37: Fast and Ultrafast Activity 38: Spinal Cord Function Monitoring in the OR 39: Monitoring EEG During Carotid Surgery 40: Polygraphy 41: Polysomnography: Technical and Clinical 42: Magnetoencephalography: Methods and Applications 43: EEG, Drug Effects, and Central Nervous System Poisoning 44: EEG and Neuroanesthesia 45: Event Related Potentials: General Theory 46: EEG Event-Related Desynchronization (ERD) and Event-Related Synchronization (ERS) 47: Visual Evoked Potentials 48: Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials (BAEPs) and Other Auditory Evoked Potentials 49: Somatosensory Evoked Potentials 50: Evoked Potentials in Children and Infants 51: Neurocognitive Function and EEG 52: EEG in Psychiatric Disorders 53: Transcranial Electrical and Magnetic Stimulation: Technical 54: Transcranial Electrical Stimulation: Clinical 55: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Clinical 56: EEG Analysis: Theory and Practice 57: EEG Mapping and Source Imaging 58: Computer-Assisted EEG Diagnosis 59: Computer and Brain Interface 60: EEG as a Part of Multimodal Imaging 61: Integrating EEG With Other Measures of Physiological Function Index.…”
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Field guide to internal medicine / by Smith, David S. (David Scott), 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Hay -- Hypothyroidism and myxedema coma / Lisa Sanders -- Thyroid nodule / Michelle Lee -- Adrenal insufficiency / Christopher S. …”
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