The Apallic Syndrome

I. Das apallische Syndrom.- Das apallische Syndrom..- II. Clinical Problems.- 1. Clinical Picture and Problems in Terminology..- 2. The Symptomatology of the Apallic Syndrome..- 3. The Transition Stage from Midbrain-Syndrome to Traumatic Apallic Syndrome..- 4. Surgery of Traumatic Apallic Syndrome..- 5. The Apallic Syndrome in Metabolic Disorders of the Brain..- 6. Apallic Syndrome Following Protracted Hypoglycemia..- 7. Apallic Syndrome in the Metabolic Diseases..- 8. Apallic Syndrome Due to Pharmacotoxic Effects..- 9. Courses of Protracted States of Coma..- 10. Apallic Syndrome in Diseases of the Cerebral White Matter..- 11. Psychopathology of the Apallic Syndrome..- 12. On the Psychopathology of Postapallic Terminal States..- III. Pathology.- 13. Neuropathology of the Traumatic Apallic Syndrome..- 14. Pathology and Pathogenesis of Apallic Syndromes Following Closed Head Injuries..- 15. Pathomorphological Aspects of the Nontraumatic Apallic Syndrome and of the Problem of Traumatic Brainstem Lesions with a Survival of Several Decades..- 16. Neuropathological Correlates of Supratentorial Lesions in Traumatic and Nontraumatic Apallic Syndrome..- IV. Pathophysiology.- 17. An Attempt at Interpretation of the Apallic Syndrome on the Basis of Experimental Findings..- 18. Experimental Studies with Cats to Produce a State Similar to the Apallic Syndrome..- 19. Clinical Pathophysiology of the Apallic Syndrome..- V. Additional Diagnostic Methods and Investigations.- 20. Temperature Regulation in Acute and Chronic Mesencephalic Syndrome and in Apallic Syndrome..- 21. A Neuroradiological Study of Traumatic Apallic Syndrome..- 22. Electroencephalographic Findings in the Apallic Syndrome..- 23. Studies on Sleep the Apallic Syndrome..- 24. Complementary Examinations of the Central Nervous System Activity in the Apallic Syndrome..- 25. Electronystagmographic Findings Following Traumatic Apallic Syndrome..- 26. Cerebral Blood Flow Reduction After Severe Head Injury and Its Relationship to the Extent of Brain Damage in Apallic Syndrome..- VI. Therapy.- 27. Early Treatment of the Initial Stage of the Apallic Syndrome..- 28. The Medical Therapy of the Apallic Syndrome.- 29. Problems of Tracheotomy in Patients with the Apallic Syndrome..- 30. Utilization of the Tonus Regulating Reflexes in the Rehabilitation of the Apallic Syndrome..- 31. The Rehabilitation of the Apallic Syndrome During the Phase of the Reintegration of the Higher Function Stages..- 32. The Rehabilitation of Patients with Apallic Syndrome in the Therapeutic Community..- 33. The Orthopedic Treatment of Patients with Apallic Syndrome..- 34. The Apallic Syndrome and Secondary Lesions of Peripheral Nerves..- 35. Social Problems of the Apallic Syndrome..- 36. A Rating Sheet to Monitor Apallic Syndrome Patients..