Disease relevance of Consciousness Disorders

• Headache was more common at presentation in the C1 group, whereas papilledema and an altered level of consciousness were more common at presentation in patients undergoing second surgeries [1].
• We discuss the clinical syndrome of cocaine-related depressed level of consciousness, and its relationship to evaluation of cocaine-related chest pain [2].

High impact information on Consciousness Disorders

• CONCLUSIONS: In patients treated with desmopressin the risk of a seizure or altered level of consciousness can be minimized by not ingesting large quantities of fluid [3].
• The syndrome is characterized by fever, rigidity, autonomic instability, elevated creatine phosphokinase levels, and altered level of consciousness, which is usually precipitated by levodopa withdrawal [4].
• We report the case of a 22-year-old man who presented with a depressed level of consciousness after ingesting valproic acid [5].
• He was admitted to the emergency room with a depressed level of consciousness and a serum methaqualone concentration of 5 +/- 3 mg/L (mean +/- SD) [6].
• Regardless of transport mode, patients requiring immediate interventions (intubation, chest tube placement, or blood product administration) had either a depressed level of consciousness (GCS = 12) on emergency department arrival or thoracoabdominal injuries [7].

Chemical compound and disease context of Consciousness Disorders

• We report the case of an 11-month-old female infant with a depressed level of consciousness after ingestion of ibuprofen whose mental status markedly improved with administration of naloxone [8].
• CONCLUSION: Therapeutic goals to improve neurological outcome are to shorten the duration of the altered level of consciousness, and to minimize the peak plasma leucine level as much as possible [9].
• We found that these strips were useful in ruling out significant ethanol intoxication as a cause of an altered level of consciousness with a sensitivity of 85.7% and a specificity of 94.4%, but were not useful in accurately predicting the blood alcohol level [10].
• Tremor, seizures, and an altered level of consciousness developed in 1 patient as an apparent toxic reaction to cyclosporine treatment [11].
• Every sickness or consciousness disorder occurring in a diabetic patient treated with insulin should lead to perform a blood glucose measurement [12].

Gene context of Consciousness Disorders

• A total of seven PF patients had a normal examination of the pelvis; four had a depressed level of consciousness (defined as GCS <15), and six patients had a distracting injury [13].
• In addition, these patients generally had a lower hemoglobin level, higher serum creatinine level, and an altered level of consciousness on POD 1 [14].
• 23.3% of all patients with DKA presented with an altered level of consciousness; 10.9% of these had clinical signs of coma [15].
• Thirty-six to 48 h after admission, the presence of fever, depressed level of consciousness, high (> 1,000) CSF WBC count, and low CRP level were also poor prognostic factors [16].

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