Vol. 33 (2) 2012 Neuro endocrinology letters

Acute consciousness disorders in intensive care medicine - value of its grading for prognostic conclusion.

OBJECTIVES: To understand consciousness we have to understand the mechanism of its function, which is to effectively organize sensory inputs from our environment. Consciousness is the basic, essential outcome of the process of organizing these sensory inputs, resulting in cognitive, mental, emotional, executive, instinctual or other mar.....