Consciousness Disorders
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The reliability of nonreconstructed computerized tomographic scans of the abdomen and pelvis in detecting thoracolumbar spine injuries in blunt trauma patients with altered mental status.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Computerized tomography, traditionally utilized to evaluate and detect visceral abdominal and pelvic injuries in multiply injured patients with altered mental status, also has been useful for detecting thoracolumbar spine fractures and ... Read more...

Classical conditioning in the vegetative and minimally conscious state.

18 Sep 2009 Pavlovian trace conditioning depends on the temporal gap between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli. It requires, in mammals, functional medial temporal lobe structures and, in humans, explicit knowledge of the temporal contingency. It is ... Read more...

Comparison of selected sedation scales for reporting opioid-induced sedation assessment.

30 Aug 2009 A descriptive survey-based study was undertaken to test the validity and reliability of three scales that are used to assess sedation during opioid administration for pain management: the Inova Health System Sedation Scale (ISS), the Richmond ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Consciousness Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The reliability of nonreconstructed computerized tomographic scans of the abdomen and pelvis in detecting thoracolumbar spine injuries in blunt trauma patients with altered mental status. 29 Sep 2009
• Teaching NeuroImages: Reversible bilateral thalamic lesions in vein of Galen thrombosis. 20 Sep 2009
• Classical conditioning in the vegetative and minimally conscious state. 18 Sep 2009
• [Case of confusional migraine associated with transient increased blood flow in cerebral hemisphere] 30 Aug 2009
• Comparison of selected sedation scales for reporting opioid-induced sedation assessment. 30 Aug 2009
• A simplified set of trauma triage criteria to safely reduce overtriage: a prospective study. 30 Aug 2009
• Hemodynamic measurement in the operating room: a review of conventional measures to identify hypovolemia. 30 Jul 2009
• Herpes zoster with progression to acute varicella zoster virus-meningoencephalitis. 30 Jul 2009
• A trident in the brain, central pontine myelinolysis. 30 Jul 2009
• [Clinical standard of neurosurgical disorder. (9) Disturbance of consciousness] 30 Jul 2009
• [Fournier gangrene (necrotizing fasciitis) in a woman with diabetes mellitus] 29 Jul 2009
• Neurologic complications associated with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in children - Dallas, Texas, May 2009. 22 Jul 2009
• [A case of hyperammonemia with encephalopathy related to FOLFIRI chemotherapy for advanced colon cancer] 29 Jun 2009
• Effects of amantadine in children with impaired consciousness caused by acquired brain injury: a pilot study. 29 Jun 2009
• [Intoxication with lithium] 22 Jun 2009
• Pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy shows enhanced response to general anesthetics. 4 Jun 2009
• Noisy respiratory secretions at the end of life. 30 May 2009
• [Knowing how the manage a person with problems of consciousness] 30 May 2009
• Recognition of affective prosody in brain-damaged patients and healthy controls: a neurophysiological study using EEG and whole-head MEG. 30 May 2009
• The nightmares of Puerto Ricans: an embodied 'altered states of consciousness' perspective. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Consciousness Disorders'

Definition: Organic mental disorders in which there is impairment of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment and to respond to environmental stimuli. Dysfunction of the cerebral hemispheres or brain stem RETICULAR FORMATION may result in this condition.

Descriptor UI: D003244

Alternative terms: Consciousness Disorders; Consciousness Disorder; Consciousness, Level Depressed; Depressed Level of Consciousness; Semiconsciousness; Consciousness, Level Altered; Altered Level of Consciousness;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.358; C23.888.592.604.359; F01.700.315; F03.087.300;

Online Note: search COGNITION DISORDERS 1969-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under COGNITION DISORDERS 1975-90

Technical Notes: prefer specifics