(an acute confusional state), a common and emergent medical condition, attention should be tested in all patients. Sustained attention is also a critical component for all other cognitive functions. Some common tests of attention include “serial 7s” (ask the patient to subtract 7 from 100 ...
The natural history of acute appendicitis left untreated is that it will either resolve, become gangrenous and perforate, or become walled off by a mass of omentum and small bowel. The latter situation prevents inflammation spreading to the abdominal cavity yet resolution of the condition is delaye...
Delirium is an acute disturbance in attention and awareness with additional disturbances in cognition [1]. Hyperactive delirium may manifest as a combative patient who does not follow the rules of treatment, while hypoactive delirium may manifest as a somnolent patient who is disengaged and inattentiv...
There are close to 58 ,000 homeless people in Los Angeles county. That’s a shocking and tragic number for a region that’s home to some of the richest people in the world. At last, the problem became so acute--...
Mr.Smith was my first 3 to the nursing home.His condition, regrettably, can probably exist in countless hospitals across our nation.An acute illness had brought him to our nursing home years ago, and his family 4 him shortly before he left hospital.Helpless and unable to care for himself,...
Explain a disease or a condition where the body cannot maintain posture or posture is compromised. What would a remedy for that ailment would be? Which of the following terms means a disease that causes episodic narrowing and inflammation of the...
“Sunday scaries”, when pre-Monday dread sets in as the weekend draws to a close. Both conditions can be aggravated by a weekend hangover, a looming deadline or painful memories (double science in secondary school first thing in the morning?). They are likely to be particularly acute ...
In the current study, we tested whether use-dependent plasticity, a mechanism underlying motor learning, could be induced by an acute session of motor imagery. By means of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over the left primary motor cortex, we evoked isolated thumb movements in the right ...
At first glance observational and use-dependent learning seem to be of little or no importance for understanding the effects of robot assistance. This is true as long as “observation” means “watching movements” or “visual observation”. However, it can also mean “feeling movements” or “...
(Hubel and Wiesel, 1970;Hubel et al., 1977;Wiesel and Hubel, 1963). At the functional level, this shift of ocular dominance is reflected in lower visual acuity and reduced response to stimulation of the deprived eye, a condition known asamblyopia(for a review see:Levi and Carkeet, 1993)...