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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                             acute renal failure means a kidney disorder characterised by rapid decline of glomerular filtration rate and retention of nitrogenous waste products.
                             alcohol intoxication means recently consuming a quantity of alcohol such that the person exhibits the following behaviours and signs and symptoms:
(a)          clinically significant problematic behavioural or psychological changes (for example, inappropriate sexual or aggressive behaviour, mood lability, impaired judgment) that developed during, or shortly after, alcohol ingestion;
(b)          one (or more) of the following signs or symptoms developing during, or shortly after, alcohol use:
(i)              slurred speech;
(ii)           incoordination;
(iii)         unsteady gait;
(iv)         nystagmus;
(v)            impairment in attention or memory; or
(vi)         stupor or coma; and
(c)          the signs or symptoms are not attributable to another medical condition and are not better explained by another mental disorder, including intoxication with another substance.
                             alcohol withdrawal means ceasing or reducing the intake of alcohol after a continuous period of at least 2 weeks of heavy alcohol use.
                             autoimmune encephalitis means a diffuse brain injury due to autoimmune inflammation of the brain.
                             chronic renal failure means:
(a)          having a glomerular filtration rate of less than 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 for a period of at least 3 months; or
(b)          a need for renal replacement therapy (dialysis or transplantation) for treatment of complications of decreased glomerular filtration rate which would otherwise increase the risk of morbidity and mortality; or
(c)          undergoing chronic dialysis.
                             dementia as specified means one of the following forms of dementia:
(a)          Alzheimer dementia;
(b)          Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with dementia;
(c)          dementia pugilistica;
(d)          frontotemporal dementia;
(e)          Huntington's chorea with dementia;
(f)           neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies;
(g)          Parkinson's disease with dementia;
(h)          vascular dementia; or
(i)            any other type of dementia.
                             eclampsia means a condition occurring in pregnant or puerperal women, characterised by hypertension, coma, convulsions, oedema or proteinuria.
                             electrolyte abnormality means:
(a)          hypercalcaemia;
(b)          hypocalcaemia;
(c)          hypomagnesaemia;
(d)          hyponatraemia; or
(e)          hypophosphataemia.
Note: An example of a condition in which electrolyte abnormality occurs is tumour lysis syndrome.
                             hyperglycaemia means a serum glucose concentration greater than 17 mmol/L.
                             hypoglycaemia means a serum glucose concentration less than 3 mmol/L.
                             hypoxic cerebral insult means an event which results in either a decreased rate of cerebral blood flow or decreased oxygen content of cerebral arterial blood for a sustained period.
                             inhalants means a breathable chemical that produces psychoactive vapours and includes organic solvents, aerosols and some anaesthetics.
Note: organic solvents is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                             intracranial space-occupying lesion means a pathological entity occupying volume within the cranial cavity, including intracranial aneurysm, neoplasm and abscess.
                             iron overload means an accumulation of excess iron in tissues and organs which has been confirmed by elevated ferritin or