Citation

Ciszowski K, Mietka-Ciszowska A. Przegl. Lek. 2013; 70(8): 576-584.

Vernacular Title

Zaburzenia świadomości w przebiegu zatruć: podstawy patofizjologiczne, obraz kliniczny oraz zarys postepowania diagnostycznego i terapeutycznego.

Affiliation

Oddział Toksykologii i Chorób, Wewnetrznych z Pododdziałem Detoksykacji, Szpitala Specjalistycznego im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Krakowie.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Przeglad Lekarski)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24466698

Abstract

Consciousness is the physiological state of the central nervous system, during which an individual maintain arousal (level of consciousness, vigilance) and realize the internal thoughts as well as the external stimuli (awareness, consciousness content). The toxicity of multiple xenobiotics may lead to impairment of both consciousness categories, presenting clinically as consciousness disturbances, quantitative and qualitative, respectively. Based on the behavioral criteria, different consciousness disorders are diagnosed, among others: brain death, coma, vegetative state, minimally conscious state, akinetic mutism. In the present paper, pathophysiology, clinical picture, as well as basic diagnostic and therapeutic principles of conscious disturbances are described, especially in poisoned patients.

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