Transient unresponsiveness in the elderly. Report of five cases.
Five hospitalized elderly patients had one or more self-limited episodes of unresponsiveness that could not be explained by metabolic, structural, convulsive, or psychiatric disorders. They accounted for approximately 2% of cases referred to us for evaluation of coma. Despite some heterogeneity, shared clinical features in these patients suggest an age-related disorder of arousal that may be more common than is generally appreciated.
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Department of Neurology, North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, NY 11030.
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male