Table 2

Outcomes after nontraumatic coma and coma aetiology



Survival
Mortality
Coma aetiology
n (%)
rate (n [%])
rate (n [%])

Hypoxic or ischaemic
62 (21.7)
33 (53.2)
29 (46.8)
Metabolic or septic
45 (15.7)
28 (62.2)
17 (37.8)
Focal cerebral
56 (19.6)
26 (64.3)
20 (35.7)
General cerebral
22 (7.7)
17 (77.3)
5 (22.7)
Drug-induced/toxic
101 (35.3)
92 (91.1)
9 (8.9)

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