THE DIAGNOSIS OF STUPOR AND COMA

作者：Bryan Jennett · 发表于：Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 年份：1973 · DOI：10.1136/jnnp.36.5.892-a · 被引用次数：138 · 研究领域：Medical Case Reports and Studies、Traumatic Brain Injury Research、History of Medical Practice

2Book reviews spread across to adjacent bundles.The potential de-the resuscitation of victims of cardiorespiratory veloped in the bundle controls the amount of smooth arrests makes this a matter of concern to many doc- muscle contraction, and itself depends both on the tors outside the restricted field of neurosurgery and number of nerves which are stimulated and on the neurology.Indeed in Britain this problem lies largely frequency of impulses in those nerves.Transmitter outside the scope of traditional neurology, but when action is probably terminated by diffusion of trans-this book was first published in 1966 it marked the mitters away from receptor sites, not by breakdown beginning of a new style of neurology which is at the site as with somatic innervation.There may be steadily spreading in North America.This is conseveral types of neuromuscular junction which still cerned with the active management of the acutely ill need further description by electron microscopy, as in general hospitals.While diagnosis for the they are too small to be examined by light micro-traditional neurologist is still more often an intellec- scope.This book will prove valuable to those who tual exercise than a prelude to action, the manage- wish to know the present position in this expanding ment of the patient in coma depends critically on an subject.accurate assessment both of the primary cause and of J. M. K. SPALDING the secondary processes which have been initiated.That is what this book is...