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indicates a
severe medical emergency requiring immediate medical attention.
Decerebrate and
decorticate posturing are
strongly ****ociated with poor
outcome in...
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extend all four limbs. This
phenomenon is
known as
decerebrate rigidity. In humans, true
decerebrate rigidity is rare
since the
damage to the
brain centers...
-
language "
decerebrate posturing". It is
important to note that the
original publication of the
Glasgow Coma
Scale explicitly avoided the term "
decerebrate extension"...
- the elbow, and arms
adducted toward the body, with both legs extended.
Decerebrate posturing is a
stereotypical posturing in
which the legs are similarly...
-
symptom of heat
stroke along with
bizarre behavior, hallucinations,
decerebrate rigidity,
oculogyric crisis, and
cerebellar dysfunction.[citation needed]...
- brief,
insufficient release.
Accompanying signs and
symptoms may
include decerebrate posturing; fixed,
dilated pupils; coma or
profound stupor; quadriparesis;...
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follows objects,
interacts N/A
Motor No
motor response Extension to pain (
decerebrate response)
Abnormal flexion to pain for an
infant (decorticate response)...
- Stuporous;
moderate to
severe hemiparesis;
possibly early decerebrate rigidity and
vegetative disturbances 20% 5 Deep coma;
decerebrate rigidity;
moribund 10%...
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respiratory group neuron discharge is
altered during fictive cough in the
decerebrate cat".
Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 142 (1): 43–54. doi:10.1016/j...
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seizures Rarely,
respiratory arrest Decorticate posturing Stage IV
Seizures Decerebrate posturing Deepening coma
Dilated pupils with
minimal response to light...
