title: [Coma--the interdisciplinary problem].
abstract: 5% of all patients admitted to emergency units suffer from disturbances of state of consciousness. Early assessment/appreciation of degree of unconsciousness and identification of its etiology influences on and sometimes decides success of its therapy. In the article below epidemiology, diagnosis, prognosis and main principles of procedures employed in senseless patients are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Medycyny Ratunkowej i Medycyny Katastrof Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi. kotek.lek1@poczta.fm
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samborska-Sablik
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gaszyński
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gaszyński
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sablik
mesh_terms: D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010348:Patient Care Team