Regaining consciousness for prolonged comatose patients with right median nerve stimulation

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 87, 2003, Pages 11-14

  Liu, J T ^a   Wang, C H ^a   Chou, I C ^a   Sun, S S ^b   Koa, C H ^b   Cooper, E ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow SPECT scan; Median nerve stimulation; Prolonged comatose patient

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142182219     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6081-7_3     Document Type: Article

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