There are various methods of performing a differential diagnostic procedure, but in general, it is based on the idea that one begins by considering the most common diagnosis first: a head cold versus ...
Generally, a person who is unable to voluntarily open the eyes, does not have a sleep-wake cycle, is unresponsive in spite of strong tactile (painful), or verbal stimuli and who generally scores betwe ...
PresentationLocked-in syndrome usually results in quadriplegia and the inability to speak in otherwise cognitively intact individuals. Those with locked-in syndrome may be able to communicate with oth ...
Medical definitionA wakeful unconscious state that lasts longer than a few weeks is referred to as a persistent (or 'continuing') vegetative state.Lack of legal clarityUnlike brain death, permanent ve ...
Prior to the mid-1990s, there was a lack of operational definitions available to clinicians and researchers to guide the differential diagnosis among disorders of consciousness. As a result, patients ...
Main article: Locked-in syndromeIn locked-in syndrome the patient has awareness, sleep-wake cycles, and meaningful behavior (viz., eye-movement), but is isolated due to quadriplegia and pseudobulbar p ...
Coma scalePediatric Glasgow Coma Scale1 2 3 4 5 6Eyes Does not open eyes Opens eyes in response to painful stimuli Opens eyes in response to speech Opens eyes spontaneously N/A N/AVerbal No verbal res ...
Elements of the scaleGlasgow Coma Scale1 2 3 4 5 6Eye Does not open eyes Opens eyes in response to painful stimuli Opens eyes in response to voice Opens eyes spontaneously N/A N/AVerbal Makes no sound ...
A neurological examination is indicated whenever a physician suspects that a patient may have a neurological disorder. Any new symptom of any neurological order may be an indication for performing a n ...
Diagnosis of a neuropsychological disorderCertain types of damage to the brain will cause behavioral and cognitive difficulties. Psychologists can start screening for these problems by using either on ...
Karen Ann Quinlan was born on March 29, 1954, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to a young, unmarried woman of Irish American ancestry. A few weeks later, she was adopted by Joseph and Julia Quinlan, devout ...
A barbiturate-induced coma, or barb coma, is a temporary coma (a deep state of unconsciousness) brought on by a controlled dose of a barbiturate drug, usually pentobarbital or thiopental. Barbiturate ...
Main article: History of general anesthesiaFurther information: History of tracheal intubationAttempts at producing a state of general anaesthesia can be traced throughout recorded history in the writ ...
(in this case sevoflurane)Anesthesia is the combination of the endpoints (discussed above) which are reached by drugs acting on different but overlapping sites in the central nervous system. General a ...
Brooks received a M.A. in pure mathematics from Flinders University of South Australia.In 1981, he received a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University under the supervision of Thomas Binford. ...
