A STROKE OF NEGLIGENCE
Keyword(s):
Type Ii
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A 81-year-old female patient suffering from type II diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, hypertension and who neglected taking any medication at home, was referred to our clinic from the "St. Pantelimon" Hospital, where she had been brought by her family one day earlier, because of severely altered state of consciousness. Upon examination she was comatose – 3 pts. on the Glasgow Coma Scale (E1V1M1), had midriatic pupils, was tetraplegic and had abolished reflexes.