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Abnormal mental state
Known as:
Altered Mental Status
, mental impairment
, mental subnormality
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A change to an individual's judgment, orientation (to place, time, and self), intellectual functioning, or mood from their baseline.
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Cognition Disorders
Mental and Behavioral Signs and Symptoms
Mental handicap
Mental impairment
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Intellectual disability, severe
Mental Retardation
Mental deterioration
severely mentally retarded
Broader (2)
Mental disorders
mental health
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2019
Review
2019
Altered Mental Status in Children After Traumatic Brain Injury.
V. Dubey
,
E. Nau
,
M. Sycip
Pediatric annals
2019
Corpus ID: 148568567
Pediatric head injuries are common and may present with varying degrees of altered mental status in children. The approach to…
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2017
2017
Dronabinol-Induced Acute Altered Mental Status in an Elderly Patient.
A. Sinha
,
Prabhsimranjot Singh
,
Y. Kupfer
American Journal of Therapeutics
2017
Corpus ID: 34692311
A 70-year-old male patient presented with 3 days of intractable vomiting and decreased oral intake. He had a history of gastric…
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2015
2015
COMMUNITY ACQUIRED METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCCUS AUREUS CEREBRAL ABSCESS IN A PREVIOUSLY HEALTH GENTLEMAN MIMICKING SIGNS OF CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS-A UNIQUE PRESENTATION.
Ishma Aijazi
,
F. M. Abdulla
,
A. Ibrahim
Journal of Ayub Medical College
2015
Corpus ID: 32832885
Central Nervous System (CNS) infections like meningitis and cerebral abscess caused by Staphylococcus aureus are usually seen in…
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2014
2014
Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis Manifested as Pott’s Puffy Tumor
H. Yoon
,
Sang-beom Jeon
,
H. Kim
,
B. Kwon
,
Sung‐Han Kim
,
J. Kang
2014
Corpus ID: 57862299
Background: Pott's puffy tumor is a rare clinical entity characterized by subperiosteal abscess associated with osteomyelitis. We…
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2010
2010
A rare cause of visual defect in a postpartum woman.
A. Saifudeen
,
Sayed Mudasser
,
George Kottam
,
Indu Sreekumar
,
Nasir El Amin
Oman Medical Journal
2010
Corpus ID: 35543797
Reversible, predominant posterior leucoencephalopathy may develop in patient with preeclampsia, eclampsia or delayed PPE. Its…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Ching-Sen Shih
,
Yu-Te Lin
,
Sui-Hing Yan
,
Y. Lo
2003
Corpus ID: 20873066
A 23-year-old man with minimal-changed nephrotic syndrome presented reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS…
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2003
2003
Utility of Performing Lumbar Puncture in the Afebrile Elderly Patient with Altered Mental Status
K. Shah
2003
Corpus ID: 71340166
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1989
Review
1989
Interface between mental subnormality and law--a review.
R. Kunjukrishnan
,
L. Varan
Psychiatric journal of the University of Ottawa…
1989
Corpus ID: 35710214
In this two-part paper, the authors present a review of various facets of the interface between mental subnormality and law. Part…
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1986
1986
Intracranial glioblastoma invading the orbit.
A. W. Lawton
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J. Karesh
A M A Archives of Ophthalmology
1986
Corpus ID: 25856477
To the Editor. —Glioblastoma multiforme, although the most malignant tumor of glial origin, generally has a low tendency to…
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1953
Review
1953
The prevalence of mental subnormality.
J. Tizard
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
1953
Corpus ID: 36076443
The criteria of mental subnormality are complex, uncertain, and not self-consistent. Confusion arises because of errors of…
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