akinetic mutism造句

• Most experts agreed that aboulia is clinically distinct from depression, akinetic mutism, and alexithymia.
• However, akinetic mutism most often appears in two different forms : frontal and mesencephalic.
• Medical textbooks define akinetic mutism as often linked to damage to the brain's frontal lobes.
• Patients with depression can experience apathy, slurring of speech, and body movements similar to akinetic mutism.
• A variety of treatments for akinetic mutism have been documented, but treatments vary between patients and cases.
• Similarly to akinetic mutism, patients with locked-in syndrome experience paralysis and can only communicate with their eyes.
• Akinetic mutism varies across all patients.
• Akinetic mutism can be misdiagnosed as depression, delirium, or locked-in syndrome, all of which are common following a stroke.
• Three weeks later, she said, Audrey emerged from the coma and now lives in a state called akinetic mutism.
• Audrey's family contended that she was in a state called akinetic mutism  unable to speak and with limited movement, but fully alert and awake.