COMA

Abstract

The lecture reviews modern ideas of comatose conditions: their types, etiology, common key pathogenesis elements, stages, key manifestations, treatment principles; it characterizes the specifics of certain coma varieties and key impairments of consciousness. Key words: coma, stupor, sopor, hypoxia, impairments of energy supply for neurons.(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2010;9(5):48-54)