Your assessment of a patient reveals pupils sluggish to light, a response only to vigorous, continuous stimuli, and intact reflexes. This level of consciousness is referred to as
a. confusion. c. stupor.
b. lethargy. d. coma.
C
Stupor is characterized by pupils that are sluggish to light, response only to vigorous, continuous stimuli, and intact reflexes. Confusion is characterized by normal pupil response, intact reflexes, and faulty memory. Normal to unequal pupil response, intact reflexes, and requiring a stimulus (verbal or touch) to respond is a state of lethargy. Coma is characterized by abnormal or absent reflexes, dilated or pinpoint pupils, and varied response to pain.
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