Evaluation of a diagnostic protocol for patients with coma of unknown origin;Ein protokoll zur abklarung von patienten mit koma unklarer genese

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 109, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 949-953

  Oschatz, Elisabeth ^a   Bur, Andreas ^a   Lang, Wilfried ^b   Kofler, Julia ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a   Müllner, Marcus ^a   Barrientos, Mauricio ^a   Woisetschläger, Christian ^a   Wagner, Oswald ^c   Schindler, Erwin ^b   Laggner, Anton N ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Comadiagnosis; Comaetiology; Critical care; Flumazenil; Naloxone

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; NALOXONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; COMA; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031584557     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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