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Resuscitation Treatment of the Different Degrees of Unconsciousness

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In the unconscious patient the autonomic regulation of vital functions is more or less impaired. It must be emphasized that even a minor degree of impairment of these functions is by itself a menace for the patient’s life and has, as a rule, a harmful influence on the evolution of the primary lesions of the CNS.

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    M. L. Bozza Marrubini

  2. Department of Anaesthesia and Resuscitation, Italy

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Marrubini, M.L.B. (1964). Resuscitation Treatment of the Different Degrees of Unconsciousness. In: Symposium on the Physiopathology of the States of Consciousness. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4702-3_14

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