TY - CHAP AU - Demet Ilhan Algın AU - Gülgun Uncu AU - Demet Ozbabalık Adapınar AU - Oğuz Osman Erdinç ED - Kamil Hakan Dogan Y1 - 2019-11-05 PY - 2019 T1 - Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus and Coma N2 - Consciousness is a state of being awake and aware of one's self and surroundings according to the American Academy of Neurology. A conscious person is aware of things through thoughts and the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. In disorders of consciousness, the patient has trouble being awake, or being aware, or both. Thanks to advances in science and technology, we learn new information about diseases every day. This book includes current approaches to some important issues related to disorders of consciousness. BT - Disorders of Consciousness SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89428 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.89428 SN - 978-1-78985-308-7 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-11 ER -