Akinetic mutism is a medical term describing patients tending neither to move (akinesia) nor speak (mutism). Akinetic mutism was first described in 1941 by Cairns et al. as a mental state where patients lack the ability to move or speak. However, their eyes may follow their observer or be diverted by sound. Patients lack most motor functions such ...
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Subacute or chronic state of altered consciousness, in which the patient appears alert intermittently, but is not responsive, although his/her descending motor pathways appear intact; due to lesions of various cerebral structures. ... Synonym: coma vigil. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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A state where a person can no longer move or talk due to damage to the base of the brain, but the person is awake (not comatose) and their eyes are open and can follow what is going on around them.
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A state of apparent alertness with following eye movements but no speech or voluntary motor respons
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a persistent state of altered consciousness, in which the patient appears alert intermittently (demonstrates a sleep-wake cycle) but is not responsive, although the descending motor pathways appear intact; caused by lesions of various cerebral structures. Synonyms: coma vigil
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Akinetic mutism: A state in which a person is unspeaking (mute) and unmoving (akinetic). A textbook on clinical neurology observes that a person with akinetic mutism has 'sleep-waking cycles but, when apparently awake, with eyes open, lies mute. immobile and unresponsive.' Akinetic mutism is often due to damage to the frontal lobes of the brain. Th...
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a state of apparent alertness with normal eye movements but no speech or other voluntary motion, usually due to a stroke.
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