title: [Oral automatism in acute coma].
abstract: Of 98 patients in ai acute state of coma different etiology, 18 (or 18.4 percent) showed series of rhythmic oral motions ("chewing automatisms"). Only one of these patients was observed to develop an apallic syndrome. The characteristic features of chewing automatisms and their concomitant symptoms are described, and the need for delimiting them from more differentiated oral-motor patterns is emphasized. Both forms are of different importance to an assessment of the respective course of disease. The observation of chewing automatisms in acute states of coma does not allow the incipient development of an apallic syndrome to be inferred.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001332:Automatism / Q000209:etiology*; D003128:Coma / Q000150:complications*; D003655:Decerebrate State; D006801:Humans; D008409:Mastication
vernacular_title: Orale Automatismen in akuten Komazuständen.