Stage 1 was characterized by behavioral arrest; Stage 2 by head nodding, gnawing, and mild tremors; Stage 3 by unilateral forelimb clonus; Stage 4 by bilateral forelimb clonus; and Stage 5 by severe seizures with prolonged loss of postural control or prolonged tonus.
The Fukushima accident reveals the vulnerability of existing active nuclear power plant (NPP) design against prolonged loss of external electricity events.
In the event of an emergency that results in a prolonged loss of power or limited access to email, Caspersen Student Center (Harkness Commons) will serve as a central location where information will be provided to members of the HLS community.
Most patients who regain consciousness do so within a few years, and those whose injuries, like Mr. Herbert's, are believed to have resulted from a prolonged loss of oxygen to the brain are usually given the worst prognosis.
In a previous study, we identified a profound and prolonged loss of trabecular bone (29 39%) in mice following exposure to an acute, 2 Gy dose of radiation simulating both solar and cosmic sources.
An estimated one million people in the United States suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, which is characterized by profound exhaustion, a prolonged loss of energy following minimal exertion, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat, cognitive dysfunction and other symptoms.
Functional disruption following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage is characterized by an immediate and prolonged loss in force-generating capacity, a disproportionate loss of strength at short muscle lengths, and a rightward shift in muscle length-tension relationship, in favor of a longer muscle length for optimal force generation.
Today, a prolonged loss of power would collapse much of the defense system.
When focal damage is associated with prolonged loss of consciousness the susceptibility to seizure is increased.
When cerebral hypoxia leads to a prolonged loss of consciousness (lasting >2 h to differentiate from syncope), the patient is considered to be in coma.
