Coma (Q47189)
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Acute state lasting more than one hour and usually less than a month. The comatose patient is unresponsive, lying with their eyes closed and cannot be aroused even by vigorous and noxious stimuli. Motor responses to noxious stimulation are limited to reflexive behaviour. Etiologies include but are not limited to traumatic, anoxic, infectious, neoplastic, vascular, inflammatory and metabolic brain injuries.
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| English | Coma |
Acute state lasting more than one hour and usually less than a month. The comatose patient is unresponsive, lying with their eyes closed and cannot be aroused even by vigorous and noxious stimuli. Motor responses to noxious stimulation are limited to reflexive behaviour. Etiologies include but are not limited to traumatic, anoxic, infectious, neoplastic, vascular, inflammatory and metabolic brain injuries. |
