STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
UNDERSTANDING CONSCIOUSNESS AND HYPNOSIS
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rebound
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paralysis
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withdrawl
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amphetamine
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Detailed explanation-1: -Signs and symptoms can include the following: Minor withdrawal: Tremor, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, and insomnia. Major withdrawal: Visual hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, whole body tremor, vomiting, diaphoresis, and hypertension. Withdrawal seizures.
Detailed explanation-2: -Drugs of abuse affecting the CNS include cocaine, heroin, alcohol, amphetamines, toluene, and cannabis. Prescribed medications or medical therapies that can affect the CNS include immunosuppressants, antiepileptics, nitrous oxide, and total parenteral nutrition.
Detailed explanation-3: -What drugs are depressants? Alcohol, cannabis, benzodiazepines, heroin and other opioids.
Detailed explanation-4: -With the CAM-ICU, delirium is diagnosed when patients demonstrate: (1) an acute change in mental status or fluctuating changes in mental status; (2) inattention measured using either an auditory or visual test; and either (3) disorganized thinking; or (4) an altered level of consciousness.