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  2. Altered level of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    A deficit in the level of consciousness suggests that both of the cerebral hemispheres or the reticular activating system have been injured. [4] A decreased level of consciousness correlates to increased morbidity (sickness) and mortality (death). [5] Thus it is a valuable measure of a patient's medical and neurological status.

  3. Syncope (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    [1] [3] Psychiatric causes can also be determined when a patient experiences fear, anxiety, or panic; particularly before a stressful event, usually medical in nature. [4] [5] When consciousness and muscle strength are not completely lost, it is called presyncope. [1] It is recommended that presyncope be treated the same as syncope. [1]

  4. Consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Modern medical and psychological investigations into consciousness are based on psychological experiments (including, for example, the investigation of priming effects using subliminal stimuli), [81] and on case studies of alterations in consciousness produced by trauma, illness, or drugs. Broadly viewed, scientific approaches are based on two ...

  5. Disorder of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Some define disorders of consciousness as any change from complete self-awareness to inhibited or absent self-awareness and arousal. This category generally includes minimally conscious state and persistent vegetative state , but sometimes also includes the less severe locked-in syndrome and more severe but rare chronic coma .

  6. Minimally conscious state - Wikipedia

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    Medical definition [ edit ] Minimally conscious state (MCS) is defined as a condition of severely altered consciousness in which minimal but definite behavioral evidence of self or environmental awareness is demonstrated.

  7. Altered state of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    There is no general definition of an altered state of consciousness, as any definitional attempt would first have to rely on a definition of a normal state of consciousness. [7] Attempts to define the term can however be found in philosophy, psychology and neuroscience. There is no final consensus on what the most accurate definition is. [8]

  8. OPINION: New medical data sheds light on consciousness ... - AOL

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    The author, Alex Blasdel, gets us up to date on what modern medical science is learning about the death experience. ... Consciousness has been thrown off a cliff. But suddenly, high frequency ...

  9. AVPU - Wikipedia

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    The AVPU scale (an acronym from "alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive") is a system by which a health care professional can measure and record a patient's level of consciousness. [1] It is mostly used in emergency medicine protocols, and within first aid.