Neurocritical Care - Impaired consciousness is common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, and an individual's degree of consciousness is crucial to determining their care and prognosis...doi:10.1007/s12028-022-01586-0Gomez, Louis A.Stevens...
(redirected from Altered Level Of Consciousness)Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Encyclopedia. con·scious·ness (kŏn′shəs-nĭs) n. 1. The state or condition of being conscious. 2. A sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and ...
AVPU (pronounced as ave poo) or the AVPU scale — a tool used to assess the patient’s brain perfusion and function — describes a patient’s level of consciousness. All healthcare providers, including EMTs, doctors, nurses and paramedics, use AVPU to assess and monitor a patient’s bra...
Altered levels of consciousness (ALCs) is a challenging issue; however, data describing its etiology and frequency are lacking. This study aimed to clarify and classify the etiologies of ALCs in the emergency room (ER) and to evaluate their destinations and the form of discharge. This retrospecti...
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During the classification stage of this study, the class imbalance problem, which is common in medical diagnosis, was solved using Synthetic Minority Over-Sampling Technique (SMOTE), Adaptive Synthetic Sampling (ADASYN) and random oversampling methods. In addition, level of consciousness was classified...
For the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of patients with impaired consciousness of whatever cause, it is of the greatest importance that the variations of the level of the consciousness can be monitored objectively and recorded. The authors discuss the Glasgow coma scale (Teasdale and Jennett 197...
Neuron Specific Enolase in Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Does it Correlate with Impaired Consciousness and Disease Severity? Background: Diabetes ketoacidosis (DKA) is the leading cause of death in children with diabetes, especially when it is complicated by cerebral edema. The p... EG Baz,...
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