Severe rhabdomyolysis induced by cocaine contaminated with caffeine: a case report by Maria Monotya-Giraldo, Edna Chinchilla, Luisa Díaz, Andres Zuluaga

“…Case presentation: 31-year-old Hispanic male, single, construction worker, generally healthy except for the past history of inhaled cocaine hydrochloride dependence, who after three days of cocaine snorting presented profound altered state of consciousness and multiple complications,   liver damage, kidney failure and severe rhabdomyolysis (CPK=657625 U/L, troponin=3.6, potassium=6 mEq/L). …”
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Development of the Japanese version of the 30‐item Mystical Experience Questionnaire by Kengo Yonezawa, Hideaki Tani, Shinichiro Nakajima, Hiroyuki Uchida

“…Previous studies reported that psychedelics cause psychoactive effects through mystical experiences induced by these substances, including an altered state of consciousness. While this phenomenon is commonly assessed by the Mystical Experiences Questionnaire (MEQ30), a Japanese version of the MEQ30 has not been available. …”
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Associations of symptom combinations with in-hospital mortality of coronavirus disease-2019 patients using South Korean National data. by Suyoung Jo, Hee-Kyoung Nam, Heewon Kang, Sung-Il Cho

“…Factor 1 symptoms were cold-like symptoms, factor 2 were neurological and gastrointestinal symptoms, and factor 3 were more severe symptoms such as dyspnea and altered state of consciousness. Factor 1 (HR 1.14, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.01-1.30) and factor 3 (HR 1.25, 95% CI 1.19-1.31) were associated with a higher risk for death, and factor 2 with a lower risk (HR 0.71, 95% CI 0.71-0.96).…”
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Present and future of metabolic and metabolomics studies focused on classical psychedelics in humans by Francisco Madrid-Gambin, David Fabregat-Safont, Alex Gomez-Gomez, Eulàlia Olesti, Natasha L. Mason, Johannes G. Ramaekers, Oscar J. Pozo

“…Psychedelics are classical hallucinogen drugs that induce a marked altered state of consciousness. In recent years, there has been renewed attention to the possible use of classical psychedelics for the treatment of certain mental health disorders. …”
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Measuring acute effects of subanesthetic ketamine on cerebrovascular hemodynamics in humans using TD-fNIRS by Adelaida Castillo, Julien Dubois, Ryan M. Field, Frank Fishburn, Andrew Gundran, Wilson C. Ho, Sami Jawhar, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Zahra M. Aghajan, Naomi Miller, Katherine L. Perdue, Jake Phillips, Wesley C. Ryan, Mahdi Shafiei, Felix Scholkmann, Moriah Taylor

“…We found that the ketamine administration caused an altered state of consciousness and changes in systemic physiology (e.g. increase in pulse rate and electrodermal activity). …”
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Neurological manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection by A. Chakroun, T. Ben Jemaa, M. Koubaa, F. Hammami, K. Rekik, C. Marrakchi, F. Smaoui, M. Ben Jemaa

“…The most common symptoms were headache (73.3%), fever (60%), altered state of consciousness (20%) and focal signs (13.3%). …”
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Importance of a Psychosocial Approach for a Comprehensive Understanding of Mediumship by Everton Maraldi, Fatima Regina Machado, Wellington Zangari

“…In general, it is said that mediumistic capacity is aroused when the medium is in an altered state of consciousness such as a trance state. However, for Kardecist Spiritists for example, mediumship may also occur in conscious states. …”
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Entropy and the Brain: An Overview by Soheil Keshmiri

“…Second, by highlighting the three fields of research in which the use of entropy has yielded highly promising results: the (altered) state of consciousness, the ageing brain, and the quantification of the brain networks’ information processing. …”
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Incidence and outcome of patients suffering from meningitis due to spondylodiscitis by Insa K. Janssen, Yu-Mi Ryang, Maria Wostrack, Ehab Shiban, Bernhard Meyer

“…In patients with spondylodiscitis presenting with an altered state of consciousness an associated meningitis should be ruled out.…”
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Evidence for an emotional adaptive function of dreams: a cross-cultural study by David R. Samson, Alice Clerget, Noor Abbas, Jeffrey Senese, Mallika S. Sarma, Sheina Lew-Levy, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, Valchy Miegakanda, Francesca Borghese, Pauline Henckaerts, Sophie Schwartz, Virginie Sterpenich, Lee T. Gettler, Adam Boyette, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Lampros Perogamvros

“…Overall, this work contributes to our understanding of the evolutionary significance of this altered state of consciousness.…”
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Predicting Factors for Seizures after Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Retrospective Single Center Cohort Study by Francesca Colò, Valerio Brunetti, Mariangela Di Muro, Elena Rossi, Francesca Bartolomei, Andrea Maria Alexandre, Simone Bellavia, Irene Scala, Artur Słomka, Fabio Pilato, Giovanni Frisullo, Aldobrando Broccolini, Giacomo Della Marca

“…Early seizures resulted as protective factors for recurrence; an altered state of consciousness at baseline and late seizures resulted as predictive factors for relapses (0.0% vs. 81.0%, <i>p</i> = 0.005, and 100.0% vs. 19.0%, <i>p</i> < 0.005, respectively). …”
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Effect of Sleep Restriction during Pregnancy on Fetal Brain Programming and Neurocognitive Development of Offspring: A Review by Kamalesh K. Gulia

“…We spend one-third of our lives in sleep, yet the core function of it still remains an enigma due to underlying complex neural processing in this altered state of consciousness. Sleep requirement varies with phase of development. …”
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Neural cognition processing of working memory in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients - an ERP and a breamforming analysis of EEG and MEG data by Zahid, Aishah Sakinah

“…It is a non-degenerative, non-congenital revile to the brain that leads to temporary or permanent deterioration of cognitive, physical, and psychosocial functions, with an associated diminished or altered state of consciousness. Neural oscillations are basic and important mechanism that enables the synchronization of neural activity across and within brain regions and stimulates the exact temporal coordination of neural processes underlying cognitive tasks such as cognition, memory, perception, and behaviour. …”
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Effectiveness of four deconstructive meditative practices on well-being and self-deconstruction: study protocol for an exploratory randomized controlled trial by Javier García-Campayo, Rinchen Hijar-Aguinaga, Yolanda López-Del-Hoyo, Rosa Magallón-Botaya, Selene Fernández-Martínez, Alberto Barceló-Soler, Joaquim Soler-Ribaudi, Jesus Montero-Marin

“…Other outcomes will be mindfulness, happiness, compassion, affectivity and altered state of consciousness. Quantitative data will be compared using mixed-effects linear regression models, and qualitative data will be analysed through thematic analysis and using the constant comparative method from grounded theory. …”
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Preterm management of sickle cell crisis in a twin pregnancy with suboptimal antenatal care in a primary healthcare facility: A case report from Cameroon and literature review by William Ntchompbopughu Tih, William Ako Takang, Thomas Obinchemti Egbe

“…Ngungi Fely, a 21‐year‐old HbSS patient, of the Bakweri tribe G3P0020, blood group O rhesus positive, was admitted at our health facility at 33 3/7 weeks' gestation with twin pregnancy, clinical anemia (hemoglobin 3.3 g/dL), the pulse rate of 123 beats/min, the respiratory rate of 38 breaths per min, the temperature of 39.2°C, and altered state of consciousness. She has a history of two spontaneous abortions (16 and 18 weeks’ gestation) and has attended three antenatal care (ANC) visits (18, 24, and 28 weeks’ gestation) for the index pregnancy. …”
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Clinical and systems of care factors contributing to individual patient decision-making for early mobilization post-stroke by Venesha Rethnam, Venesha Rethnam, Kathryn S. Hayward, Kathryn S. Hayward, Kathryn S. Hayward, Kathryn S. Hayward, Hannah Johns, Hannah Johns, Lilian B. Carvalho, Lilian B. Carvalho, Leonid Churilov, Leonid Churilov, Leonid Churilov, Julie Bernhardt, Julie Bernhardt

“…Perceived characteristics of early mobilization non-responders included severe stroke severity, hemorrhagic stroke, total anterior circulation stroke, older age, those with persistent vessel occlusion or high-grade stenosis, hemodynamic instability, multimorbidity and an altered state of consciousness. Some characteristics led to uncertainty amongst interviewees e.g., early mobilization decision-making were moderate stroke severity, older patients, and those with lacunar circulation infarcts.DiscussionWe gained unique, in-depth insights into patient and systems of care factors that contribute to individual patient decision-making related to early mobilization post-stroke. …”
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Can the choice of resuscitation fluid in a patient with traumatic brain injury affect the outcome? by Umar Nadeem, Sobia Sarwar, Bilal Ahmad

“… Madam, Traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to non-congenital, non-degenerative damage to the brain caused by an external mechanical force which can lead to permanent or temporary impairment of cognitive, psychosocial, and physical functions, accompanied by a reduced or altered state of consciousness.1 TBI is the most frequently occurring among common neurological disorders and accounts for a significant public health challenge.2 TBI has a high prevalence worldwide in adolescent (15 to 18 years) and elderly (>65 years) groups with a reported incidence of 1.7 million cases in the US alone.3  Pakistan also has a high prevalence of TBI with approximately one-third of its population being affected by it mainly due to the high incidence of road traffic accidents.4 Patients with TBI often present with clinical features of shock especially when the mechanism of injury is associated with high-energy trauma like road traffic accidents. …”
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Intraoperative clonidine to prevent postoperative emergence delirium following sevoflurane anesthesia in pediatric patients: a randomized clinical trial by Fernando A. Sousa-Júnior, Alex S.R. Souza, Luciana C. Lima, Ítalo G.M. Santos, Leonardo A.P. Menezes, Pedro A.P.L. Ratis, Tania C.M. Couceiro

“…Children with altered state of consciousness, neurological deficit, history of allergy to dipyrone, or receiving other drugs such as preanesthetic agents were excluded from the study. …”
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Psilocybin modulation of time-varying functional connectivity is associated with plasma psilocin and subjective effects by Anders S. Olsen, Anders Lykkebo-Valløe, Brice Ozenne, Martin K. Madsen, Dea S. Stenbæk, Sophia Armand, Morten Mørup, Melanie Ganz, Gitte M. Knudsen, Patrick M. Fisher

“…Background: Psilocin, the neuroactive metabolite of psilocybin, is a serotonergic psychedelic that induces an acute altered state of consciousness, evokes lasting changes in mood and personality in healthy individuals, and has potential as an antidepressant treatment. …”
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Neuropsychiatric adverse drug reactions with oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors in metastatic colorectal cancer: an analysis from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System by Maria Antonietta Barbieri, Giulia Russo, Emanuela Elisa Sorbara, Giuseppe Cicala, Tindara Franchina, Mariacarmela Santarpia, Desirèe Speranza, Edoardo Spina, Nicola Silvestris

“…New potential signals for REG included neuropathy peripheral (n = 265; reporting odds ratio, ROR = 19.48, 95% confidence interval, CI 95% = 17.52-22.47; information component, IC = 2.89, IC025-IC075 = 2.77-3.02), hyperesthesia (n = 18; ROR = 12.56, CI 95% = 7.90-19.96; IC = 2.25, IC025-IC075 = 1.79-2.72), taste disorder (n = 41; ROR = 9.91, CI 95% = 7.29-13.49; IC = 2.18, IC025-IC075 = 1.88-2.49), poor quality sleep (n = 18; ROR = 6.56, CI 95% = 4.13-10.42; IC = 1.74, IC025-IC075 = 1.27-2.20), altered state of consciousness (n = 15; ROR = 5.50, CI 95% = 3.31-9.14; IC = 1.57, IC025-IC075 = 1.06-2.07), depressed mood (n = 13; ROR = 1.85, CI 95% = 1.07-3.19; IC = 0.58, IC025-IC075 = 0.04-1.13) and insomnia (n = 63; ROR = 1.48, CI 95% = 1.15-1.89; IC = 0.38, IC025-IC075 = 0.13-0.63). …”
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