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He was still obtunded upon arrival in the emergency department and vomited 4 tan-colored patches.

Reflex activity caused by laryngoscopy and intubation is obtunded differently by meptazinol, nalbuphine and fentanyl.

Pertinent findings on physical examination of this owl were obtunded mentation and ocular abnormalities OS, including blepharospasm.

A 27-year-old dialysis dependent female with history of lupus nephritis was obtunded on presentation from mitral valve endocarditis and acute subarachnoid hemorrhage.

In the event that dentures/rims are not endured after beginning treatment, a topical anesthetic on cloth might be set on the upper arch until the point that the territory is obtunded. The patient is then taught to attempt the dental prosthesis again.

Furthermore, ethambutol is not given in obtunded patients and in children as these are unable to report the possible visual complications inherently associated with TBM per se or ethambutol use.

(10) Additionally, several of the above signs and symptoms are difficult to impossible to elicit in an obtunded or altered patient.

FRIDAY, March 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with obtunded blunt trauma to the cervical spine, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) follow-up appears not to be beneficial after normal cervical computed tomography (CT) findings, according to a study published online March 14 in JAMA Surgery.

Intentional CO poisoning should be considered in an obtunded or unconscious patient with depression.

Several investigators have studied the role of dynamic imaging in spinal clearance of obtunded trauma patients and their findings revealed that flexion and extension views do not provide any advantage over CT and are not cost effective as a diagnostic modality in cervical spine clearance [24-26].

Caption: Caption: Figure 1: Axial cut (a) and coronal cut (b) of the noncontrast computed tomography (CT) of the head of the patient after becoming obtunded with nonreactive pupils.