| What makes the conundrum of the obtunded slumberer unique is not that his malady is difficult to diagnose. |
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| The next day the patient became more obtunded, and empirical antituberculosis therapy with adjuvant glucocorticoids was started. |
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| The driver, taken by ambulance, arrived in the emergency room obtunded, diaphoretic, with his mouth clenched, and with a positive cough reflex. |
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| A quiet chest in a dyspneic or obtunded patient with asthma is a serious event. |
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| Physical examination revealed a febrile, obtunded female, arousable to painful stimuli with no Babinski or Hoffmann signs. |
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| Six hours after admission, he became abruptly hypotensive and 15 minutes later was obtunded. |
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| This was followed by a nonfluent aphasia about a month after the injury, and the patient became progressively more obtunded and comatose. |
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| The patient remained obtunded, and due to the advanced stage of his AIDS, his family chose to give supportive care only. |
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| Clinicians usually expect delirious patients to exhibit agitation or hyperarousal and may overlook the delirious patient who is somnolent or obtunded. |
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| Controversy remains regarding the use of MRI in at-risk patients, primarily the obtunded and elderly patients. |
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| The following morning, the patient's wife found him obtunded but arousable. |
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| A few hours after admission to ICU the patient became progressively obtunded which resulted in altered consciousness and he was subsequently intubated. |
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| On day 11 of admission, the patient became very lethargic, obtunded, unresponsive, and on examination had miosis and sluggish pupils. |
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| Pharyngeal and laryngeal reflexes are readily and easily obtunded. |
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