Unconsciousness - Etiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Blackout? Cause: misdiagnosis of cardiac arrest.

30 Jul 2009 Patients with syncope or epilepsy commonly present to primary or secondary care physicians. This lesson presents two patients, both known to have cardiac disease, with implanted cardiac devices, who presented with loss of consciousness, who were ... Read more...

A guide to disorders causing transient loss of consciousness: focus on syncope.

12 Jul 2009 Episodes of transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) events pose diagnostic difficulties, as the causes are diverse, carry vastly different risks, and span various specialties. An inconsistent terminology contributes to the confusion. Here, we present ... Read more...

Impaired consciousness during temporal lobe seizures is related to increased long-distance cortical-subcortical synchronization.

2 May 2009 Loss of consciousness (LOC) is a dramatic clinical manifestation of temporal lobe seizures. Its underlying mechanism could involve altered coordinated neuronal activity between the brain regions that support conscious information processing. The ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Unconsciousness - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Green urine, but no infection. 29 Oct 2009
• Predictors of poor neurologic outcome after induced mild hypothermia following cardiac arrest. 20 Sep 2009
• Transient loss of consciousness and a heart murmur. 31 Aug 2009
• Saturday morning in the clinic. 30 Aug 2009
• Syncope. 30 Aug 2009
• An unresponsive airline passenger with miosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Blackout? Cause: misdiagnosis of cardiac arrest. 30 Jul 2009
• A guide to disorders causing transient loss of consciousness: focus on syncope. 12 Jul 2009
• Our digital world: camera phones and the diagnosis of a seizure. 18 Jun 2009
• Drinking herself to death. But it's not just a high BAC threatening this young college student. 30 May 2009
• Impaired consciousness during temporal lobe seizures is related to increased long-distance cortical-subcortical synchronization. 2 May 2009
• Emergent epidural blood patch: lifesaving treatment of paradoxical herniation. 29 Apr 2009
• Clinical significance of elevated natriuretic peptide levels and cardiopulmonary parameters after subarachnoid hemorrhage. 29 Apr 2009
• You're the flight surgeon. Gravity induced loss of consciousness and psoriasis. 29 Apr 2009
• Loss of consciousness and seizure during normobaric hypoxia training. 29 Apr 2009
• Bilateral acute subdural hematomas with intracerebral hemorrhage without subarachnoid hemorrhage, caused by rupture of an internal carotid artery dorsal wall aneurysm. Case report. 30 Mar 2009
• Strain differences in response to traumatic brain injury in Long-Evans compared to Sprague-Dawley rats. 30 Mar 2009
• [Syncope, loss of consciousness, and seizures in the adults] 18 Mar 2009
• Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and acute motor axonal neuropathy after Campylobacter jejuni infection. 15 Mar 2009
• Generalized tonic-clonic seizure after a taser shot to the head. 15 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Unconsciousness'

Definition: Loss of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment combined with markedly reduced responsiveness to environmental stimuli. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp344-5)

Descriptor UI: D014474

Alternative terms: Unconsciousness; Unconscious State; State, Unconscious; Unconscious States; Consciousness, Loss of; Loss of Consciousness;

Related Mesh Headings: Syncope;

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

Tree Number: C10.597.606.358.800; C23.888.592.604.359.800;

Technical Notes: do not confuse with UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY), unconscious behavior or "the unconscious" in psychol