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Title: Your patient is a 23-year-old male in an alcohol treatment facility who is having tonic-clonic motor
Post by: Nix4Pres on Mar 20, 2016
Your patient is a 23-year-old male in an alcohol treatment facility who is having tonic-clonic motor activity that began 15 minutes ago. The patient has no history of seizures, and one of the counselors cautions you that this patient would probably do anything to get out of rehab and that he might be faking the seizure. Which of the following findings is LEAST reliable when determining the authenticity of the patient's seizure?
A) Dropping his hand above his face to see if he avoids letting it hit him
B) Incontinence of urine and tongue biting
C) A current history of sudden alcohol abstinence
D) Unresponsiveness to painful stimuli


Title: Re: Your patient is a 23-year-old male in an alcohol treatment facility who is having tonic-clonic m
Post by: feijoa on Apr 2, 2016
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Title: Re: Your patient is a 23-year-old male in an alcohol treatment facility who is having tonic-clonic motor
Post by: Nix4Pres on Apr 9, 2016
:white_check_mark: Marking this solved


Title: Re: Your patient is a 23-year-old male in an alcohol treatment facility who is having tonic-clonic motor
Post by: feijoa on Apr 11, 2016
I'll do my best to answer the others now, see you around