Coma arousal procedure: A therapeutic intervention in the treatment of head injury
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Brain Injury
- Vol. 4 (3) , 273-279
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02699059009026177
Abstract
This study reports on the efficacy of a ‘coma arousal procedure’. This procedure involved a programme of vigorous sensory stimulation administered to comatose patients by relatives using Comakits. An experimental group of 12 severely head-injured patients received the coma arousal procedure while a matched control group did not. Total duration of coma and weekly Glasgow Coma Scale Scores were recorded for the two groups. Results indicate that the total duration of coma was significantly shorter and that coma lightened more rapidly for the experimental group.Keywords
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