1
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Respond only to repeated vigorous stimulus
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Stupor
2
Q
Unarousable and unresponsive
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Coma
3
Q
- State of complete unawareness. Pt may open eyes spontaneously or to stimuli, but without recognition to environment.
- Appears awake, but lie motionless and without evidence of awareness or high mental activity.
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Persistent Vegetative State
4
Q
- Mute, quadriplegic state d/t destructive lesions of venous pons, but spares tegmentum
- Perserved blinking and voluntary eye mov’t in vertical plane. Pupils respond to light. Sensory intact.
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Locked-In Syndrome (de-efferented state)
5
Q
Condition of severely ALOC
-Pt exhibits inconsitent evidence of consciousness. May be permanent or transient.
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Minimally conscious state
6
Q
-State of impaired attention, memory and logical thinking with incoherent conversation and easy distractibility.
Rapid onset, fluctuating mental status. Marked decrease in short term memory
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Delirium (acute confusional state)
