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- Obtunded vs Lethargic: Understanding Neurological States
Unravel the differences between obtunded, lethargic, and stuporous states in neurology Discuss your experiences and learn from others
- What do you consider to be obtunded? - General Nursing Support
Just note the Glasgow Coma Scale, or sedation scale, or write what you see Words like obtunded, stuporous, and lethargic can mean different things to different people, and it's wise to just describe the situation objectively
- LOC: Sedated vs comatose vs unconscious - MICU, SICU - allnurses
Im a traveler and on my current assignment the charting system offers the following options for LOC: alert, lethargic, obtunded, stuporous, comatose, or unconsc
- Elevated Ammonia level - New Nurses, First Year
But patient mental status was declining Question can high ammonia make the patient obtunded where they are unable to protect their airway? I know he wasn't already doing well with the elevated PCO2 But was wondering aside from the elevated PcO2 could elevated ammonia level also cause them to be obtunded where they are unable to protect their
- Sudden improvement before death? - Hospice, Palliative
Have you had experiences with pts having a marked sudden improvement just before death? I have a friend whose mother went unresponsive (they were unable to wake
- Questions about neuro assessment - Neuro Intensive Care, ICU
Obtunded: Sleeps unless stimulated vigorously (loudly repeating name, painful stimuli), not very oriented, maybe says a word or just mumbles Stuporous: Doesn't wake up despite vigorous stimulation, only withdraws from pain Coma: No response to any stimuli, including pain Also, your use of the term "arousal" here is incorrect
- Need some help with documenting - Nursing Student Assistance
People who are obtunded have a more depressed level of consciousness and cannot be fully aroused [1][2] Those who are not able to be aroused from a sleep-like state are said to be stuporous [1][2] Coma is the inability to make any purposeful response [1][2] Scales such as the Glasgow coma scale have been designed to measure the level of
- Gcs - General Nursing Support - allnurses
If we're just talking about narrative charting though, I think it would be better to just say 'Glasgow: E-4, V-NA (mute), M-6 ' By leaving it broken down like that and avoiding tallying the total score, you don't risk someone thinking that your patient was obtunded
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