A proposal for the clinical classification of acute coma due to organic cerebral lesions.
The purpose of this paper is to propose a preliminary scheme which standardizes the terminology and the manner of classifying comatose states due to organic cerebral lesions. This attempt is based on recognition of the need to use a common language in order to facilitate the transmission of information in this field.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001926:Brain Death; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003128:Coma / Q000145:classification*; D003655:Decerebrate State; D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009626:Terminology as Topic