Plum and Posner's diagnosis of stupor and coma (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Rev. ed. of: The diagnosis of stupor and coma / Fred Plum, Jerome B. Posner. 3rd ed. c1980
Includes bibliographical references and index
Pathophysiology of signs and symptoms of coma -- Examination of the comatose patient -- Structural causes of stupor and coma -- Specific causes of structural coma -- Multifocal, diffuse, and metabolic brain diseases causing delirium, stupor, or coma -- Psychogenic unresponsiveness -- Approach to management of the unconscious patient -- Brain death -- Prognosis in coma and related disorders of consciousness, mechanisms underlying outcomes, and ethical considerations