Definitions
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- adjective medicine Occurring after an
epileptic seizure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pertaining to the period following a seizure or convulsion
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Examples
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Throughout, Fera said she was in what is known as a postictal state -- a drowsy, confused condition when the brain recovers from a seizure.
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In some children, seizures are shorter, or the postictal state is less disabling; some seizures can be aborted by activation of the VNS during the aura.
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In some children, seizures are shorter, or the postictal state is less disabling; some seizures can be aborted by activation of the VNS during the aura.
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The memory loss consists of two parts: (1) a fully recoverable retrograde amnesia for events preceding the first treatment, with the patient exhibiting a gradient of severity more pronounced for recent than remote events; and (2) an anterograde amnesia for events occurring after the patient awakens from treatment, which is permanent because it results from failure to consolidate new memories during several postictal hours.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Aberrant behavior and psychopathology associated with seizure disorders that most often lead to neuropsychiatrie intervention occur during preictal, postictal, and interictal periods, rather than during the seizure itself.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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During systemic and mental status examinations, particular attention should be given to signs of drug or alcohol intoxication; tattoos; needle-tracks; motorcycle-gang style of dress; agitation; pacing; muscle-clenching; menacing gait, threatening gestures; anger or irritability; and rapidity or pressure of speech; revengeful, jealous, or threatening thought content; delusions of persecution particularly of being poisoned; alterations of consciousness; automatisms; or postictal delirious behavior.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Pt is unconscious (postictal status) poorly responding to painful stimuli
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Pt is unconscious (postictal status) responding to painful stimuli
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Pt is unconscious (postictal status) responding to painful stimuli
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Pt is unconscious (postictal status) poorly responding to painful stimuli
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