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medical emergency requiring immediate medical attention.
Decerebrate and
decorticate posturing are
strongly ****ociated with poor
outcome in a
variety of conditions...
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linear or
flamed shaped hemorrhages. The
disrupted brainstem can lead to
decorticate posture,
respiratory center depression and death.
Other possibilities...
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There are
often two
stereotypical postures seen in
comatose patients.
Decorticate posturing is a
stereotypical posturing in
which the
patient has arms...
- However,
decorticate rigidity can be
caused by
bleeding in the
internal capsule which causes damage to
upper motor neurons. The
symptoms of
decorticate rigidity...
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movements Abnormal extension (decerebrate posture)
Abnormal flexion (
decorticate posture)
Flexion /
Withdrawal from
painful stimuli Moves to localise...
- pain (decerebrate response)
Abnormal flexion to pain for an
infant (
decorticate response)
Infant withdraws from pain
Infant withdraws from
touch Infant...
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Possible cerebral edema Possible seizures Rarely,
respiratory arrest Decorticate posturing Stage IV
Seizures Decerebrate posturing Deepening coma Dilated...
- 0.8 to 1.4 cm and a
weight of 1.1–1.4 g.
After lotus seeds have been
decorticated and peeled, they are
edible and rich in
nutrients and can be
dried for...
- cortex, cortical, corticate, corticiform, corticifugal, corticipetal,
decorticate, decortication,
decorticator cosm-
universe Gr**** κόσμος (kósmos) cosmic...
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would otherwise be a
pinnate leaf are
themselves pinnately divided.
decorticate 1. (intr. v.) To shed the
outer bark of a tree,
usually seasonally as...