The Coma Exit Chart: assessing the patient in prolonged coma and the vegetative state.
The patient who remains in prolonged coma or in the vegetative state presents major problems in medicine, ethics and resource economics. Diagnosis and decision making are often difficult. A Coma Exit Chart can be developed using the parameters of the Glasgow Coma Scale to measure the exiting of the patient from prolonged coma or the vegetative state.
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National Brain Injury Foundation, Canberra, Australia.
D001364:Awareness; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003128:Coma / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D010348:Patient Care Team