mental status
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmentalandstatus
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mental
adjective
uk/ˈmen.təl/us/-t̬əl/
relating to the mind, or involving the process ...
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status
noun
uk/ˈsteɪ.təs/us/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/
an accepted or official position, especially in a ...
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(Definition ofmentalandstatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In the third category, the most prevalent factors were found to be those associated with thementalstatusof the patient.
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Although a number of patients developed alteredmentalstatus, none had focal neurological changes indicative of botulism or tetanus.
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Subjects could not have baseline substance dependency or pregnancy to avoid confounding thementalstatus.
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The relationship betweenmentalstatus, behavioural and physical health is even more fragile in demented than in non-demented elderly individuals.
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It is, however clear that problems remain in the assessment ofmentalstatusand possible adverse effects of complex medication regimes.
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Most common presenting complaints included pain, gastrointestinal complaints, dyspnoea, injury following trauma, change inmentalstatus, syncope/dizziness and accidental falls.
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Consecutive worsening ofmentalstatuson methadone presented as sedation devoid of agitated features.
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They were evaluated daily by a veterinarian unaware of the experimental design to determine whether behavioral changes were present (mentalstatus, appetite, affect, etc).
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Hermentalstatuscleared over the following day and her neurologic status returned to normal.
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Improvement inmentalstatuswas significant, but short-lived.
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Changes inmentalstatusmay also be related to the onset of delirium.
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The f luctuations of thementalstatusare both the key to understanding and to managing the syndrome.
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The effect ofmentalstatusscreening on the care of elderly emergency department patients.
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Onmentalstatusexam, he no longer felt that he could swim across the ocean.
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Also, the eventual worsening of the patient'smentalstatusin this study was devoid of agitation and hyperactive delirium.
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Some of the conclusions of this article cast doubt on the use of an objective measure ofmentalstatusin testing the double jeopardy hypothesis.
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Before surgery, daily while in hospital, and at 1 and 6 months after surgery, we assessed patients' mood,mentalstatusand functional status.
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The influence of anxiety andmentalstatuson social isolation among the elderly in nursing homes.
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Surrogates were interviewed when patients were unable to respond to the questionnaire because of impairedmentalstatusor death.
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