Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

coma rigide

English translation:

coma with muscle rigidity

Added to glossary by liz askew
May 22, 2012 15:31
12 yrs ago
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French term

coma rigide

French to English Medical Other
elle presentait un coma relativement rigide
Proposed translations (English)
3 coma with muscle rigidity
Change log

May 24, 2012 14:47: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/10496">Armineh Johannes's</a> old entry - "coma rigide"" to ""coma with muscle rigidity""

Discussion

Armineh Johannes (asker) May 22, 2012:
Je fait passer un peu d'air et brusquement le malade tombe. elle presentait un coma relativement rigide. Il y avait un rotulien aboli d'un cote et tres diminue de l'autre.

(the context is sinus)
liz askew May 22, 2012:
Hi, more information in French, before the sentence and after, would be useful.

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coma with muscle rigidity

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=knee reflex abolished rigid...

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archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/II/3/253.pdf
by JD MORGAN - 1908
30 Sep 2011 – rigidity of neck; limbs partially Hexed on ... sign marked; patellar reflex sluggish; Babinski's sign absent; tache cérébrale present. Lumbar ..... reflex abolished; cervical muscles rigid; no retraction of head; consolidation of upper ...
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Coma scale

This is a link to the Glasgow coma scale (used in UK and US) which sets out all the different types of coma. I don't know whether either 'low motor response' or 'vegetative state' would be at all appropriate for your context.
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Phencyclidine and related disorders - dose, causes, DSM ...
www.minddisorders.com › Ob-Ps
... excessive sensitivity to sound; lack of muscle coordination; muscle rigidity or frozen posture ... Muscle control is poor, and the person may make repetitive movements, grind the teeth, or grimace. ... Muscles are rigid with twitching. In the comatose stage, which may last from one to four days, the person is in a deep coma.
Hyothermia
donsnotes.com/emergency/hypothermia.html
18 May 2010 – No shivering. Confusion. Muscle rigidity. Slow heart rate. 90-86, 32-30, Dialated pupils. Diminished reflexes. Stupor or coma. Rigid muscles.
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rigid coma

https://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app#hl=pt-PT&scli...
Diabetic coma, also known as hyperglycemia, is a condition in which the body does not have enough insulin and has too much sugar...
5. Body may become rigid or stiff due to the muscular reaction to the shock
http://www.brooksidepress.org/Products/OperationalMedicine/D...
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