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. 2000 Dec 14;5(1):19–23. doi: 10.1186/cc973

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)