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Descriptor English: Consciousness Disorders
Descriptor Spanish: Trastornos de la Conciencia
Descriptor trastornos de la conciencia
Entry term(s) alteración del nivel de conciencia
semiconciencia
trastorno de la conciencia
trastorno de la consciencia
trastornos de la consciencia
Scope note: Trastornos mentales orgánicos en los que hay una alteración en la capacidad de mantener el estado de conciencia de sí mismo y del medio ambiente y de responder a los estímulos ambientales. La disfunción de los hemisferios cerebrales o de la FORMACIÓN RETICULAR del tronco encefálico puede generar esta afección.
Descriptor Portuguese: Transtornos da Consciência
Descriptor French: Troubles de la conscience
Entry term(s): Altered Level of Consciousness
Consciousness Disorder
Consciousness, Level Altered
Consciousness, Level Depressed
Depressed Level of Consciousness
Disorder of Consciousness
Disorders of Consciousness
Semiconsciousness
Tree number(s): C10.597.606.358
C23.888.592.604.359
F01.700.315
F03.615.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003244
Scope note: Organic mental disorders in which there is impairment of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment and to respond to environmental stimuli. Dysfunction of the cerebral hemispheres or brain stem RETICULAR FORMATION may result in this condition.
Annotation: prefer specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under COGNITION DISORDERS 1975-90
Online Note: search COGNITION DISORDERS 1969-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under COGNITION DISORDERS 1975-90
Entry Version: CONSCIOUSNESS DIS
DeCS ID: 3264
Unique ID: D003244
NLM Classification: WL 341
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/30
Consciousness Disorders - Preferred
Concept UI M0005031
Scope note Organic mental disorders in which there is impairment of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment and to respond to environmental stimuli. Dysfunction of the cerebral hemispheres or brain stem RETICULAR FORMATION may result in this condition.
Preferred term Consciousness Disorders
Entry term(s) Consciousness Disorder
Disorder of Consciousness
Disorders of Consciousness
Consciousness, Level Depressed - Narrower
Concept UI M0337397
Preferred term Consciousness, Level Depressed
Entry term(s) Depressed Level of Consciousness
Semiconsciousness - Narrower
Concept UI M0337399
Preferred term Semiconsciousness
Consciousness, Level Altered - Narrower
Concept UI M0337398
Preferred term Consciousness, Level Altered
Entry term(s) Altered Level of Consciousness



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