8 thoughts on “ Cerebral Coma ”

1. Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of infection with Plasmodium falciparummalaria. It is a clinical syndrome characterized by coma and asexual forms of the parasite on peripheral blood smears. Mortality is high and some surviving patients sustain brain injury which manifest as long-term neuro-cognitive impairments.

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2. Brain bleeds can occur within the meninges, which is the area inside the skull but outside the actual brain tissue. Bleeding inside the brain tissue. Two types of brain bleeds can occur inside the brain tissue itself – intracerebral hemorrhage (also called cerebral hemorrhage and hemorrhagic stroke) and intraventicular hemorrhage.

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3. Mar 27,  · Drowning, strangling, choking, suffocation, cardiac arrest, head trauma, carbon monoxide poisoning, and complications of general anesthesia can create conditions that can lead to cerebral hypoxia. Symptoms of mild cerebral hypoxia include inattentiveness, poor judgment, memory loss, and a decrease in motor coordination.

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4. Coma is a state of decreased consciousness whereby a patient cannot react with the surrounding environment. Outside physical or auditory stimulation does not waken the person. Patients may have different levels of decreased consciousness and responsiveness depending upon how much or how little of the brain is functioning.

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5. The common cause of coma is oxygen deprivation. Anoxia refers to a complete absence of available oxygen, while hypoxia describes someone who had available oxygen but at reduced levels for a period of time. Anoxemia describes when a person's blood supply (rather than lungs) lacks oxygen.

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6. Coma or vegetative state: any degree of coma without the presence of all brain death criteria. Unawareness, even if appears awake (vegetative state) without interaction with environment; may have spontaneous eye opening and sleep/awake cycles. Cerebral unresponsiveness.

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7. A coma is a state of unconsciousness where a person is unresponsive and cannot be woken. It can result from injury to the brain, such as a severe head injury or stroke.A coma can also be caused by severe alcohol poisoning or a brain infection (encephalitis).. People with diabetes could fall into a coma if their blood glucose levels suddenly became very low (hypoglycaemia) or very high.

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8. The brain is made up of three major parts: the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brain stem. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain. It makes up most of the total brain. The cerebrum controls cognitive and sensory functions such as intelligence, memory, reasoning and emotions. A vegetative state is a type of coma that represents an.

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