loss of consciousness
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflossandconsciousness
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loss
noun
uk/lɒs/us/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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consciousness
noun[U]
uk/ˈkɒn.ʃəs.nəs/us/ˈkɑːn.ʃəs.nəs/
the state of understanding and ...
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They include repeated falls, syncope, transientlossofconsciousness, systematized delusions, and hallucinations in other modalities.
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The extremes range from occasional partial seizures of simple symptomatology withoutlossofconsciousnessto full-blown tonie-clonic seizures.
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Symptoms, includinglossofconsciousness, recurred within six weeks.
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Syncope must be differentiated from non-syncopal causes of loss or impairment of consciousness, and disorders resembling syncope withoutlossofconsciousness.
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This should include the circumstances of the event, any environmental precipitants, associated symptoms and whether there was associatedlossofconsciousness.
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The most common feature of epilepsy in elderly people, as at any other age, is transient impairment orlossofconsciousness.
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More useful, as we shall see, are tests of cardiovascular function that may positively diagnose syncope as a cause of transientlossofconsciousness.
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Syncope is a symptom, the defining clinical characteristics of which are a transient, self-limitedlossofconsciousness, usually leading to falling.
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As the population continues to age, the demand on existing resources for managing epilepsy and transientlossofconsciousnesswill increase.
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A disregard for anything cannot be more sincerely expressed than by alossofconsciousnessduring its presentation.
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Ethical justifications are reinforced by expert medical consensus about prognosis of irreversiblelossofconsciousnessand absence of conflict among family members.
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Disorders resembling syncope withoutlossofconsciousnessinclude cataplexy and psychogenic 'syncope'.
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In addition, there are often repeated falls, syncope and transientlossofconsciousnesswhich may be misinterpreted as transient ischaemic attacks, suggesting underlying cerebrovascular disease.
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The episodes were characterized by dizziness,lossofconsciousness, diplopia and vertigo.
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The desired endpoints of anesthesia arelossofconsciousness, amnesia and immobility.
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Heat syncope is characterized bylossofconsciousness(or near syncope) on standing in a hot temperature.
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Individuals with neurological, endocrine, cardiovascular and/or other serious medical disorders were excluded, as well as individuals with a history of severe head trauma withlossofconsciousness.
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Tachycardias leading tolossofconsciousnessor sudden death are infrequent in the absence of structural cardiac disease in children.
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