Identify coma, veg state, min. conscious state, & akinetic mutism

Question 1

State of unarousable unresponsiveness

Answer 1

coma

Question 2

Pathology in anterior or mesial portions of frontal lobe

Answer 2

akinetic mutism

Question 3

Recovery is unlikely when it persists longer than 3 months after nontraumatic injury and longer than 12 months after truama.

Answer 3

vegetative state

Question 4

Persons show a degree of awareness/responsiveness

Answer 4

minimally conscious state

Question 5

Usually bed-bound, incontinent, and require tube feeding

Answer 5

minimally conscious state

Question 6

no purposeful behavior

Answer 6

vegetative state

Question 7

voluntary behavior is absent; eyes remain closed

Answer 7

coma

Question 8

no purposeful behavior

Answer 8

vegetative state

Question 9

much more common than a vegetative state

Answer 9

minimally conscious state

Question 10

“abulia” - diminished motivation; when motivation is severely diminished, it can result in this.

Answer 10

akinetic mutism

Question 11

sleep/wake cycles are usually preserved

Answer 11

vegetative state

Question 12

muteness is consistent w/a severely reduced level of arousal & cognition; does not interact meaningfully with environment.

Answer 12

vegetative state

Question 13

absence of sleep/wake cycles on EEG

Answer 13

coma

Question 14

usually secondary to TBI and vascular events.

Answer 14

coma

Question 15

can be occur w/metabolic disorders & severe dementia

Answer 15

vegetative state

Question 16

can be caused from severe TBI, anoxia, drug toxicity, Wernicke’s encephalopathy, Alzheimer’s, and anencephaly.

Answer 16

vegetative state

Question 17

reflects failure of the RAS, cortex, and absence of functions above brainstem level.

Answer 17

coma

Question 18

when present for an extended time, may occur permanently.

Answer 18

vegetative state

Question 19

After TBI, coma occurs, and then this happens.

Answer 19

vegetative state

Question 20

speech is brief, delayed, aphonic, whispered, reduced in loudness/monotonic, with unelaborated content that is concrete and literal (but not telegraphic).

Answer 20

akinetic mutism