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Issues of medical rehabilitation of patients in vegetative state
Клинический разбор в общей медицине, 2022 Organizational and scientific aspects of severe chronic disorders of consciousness were analyzed. Three groups of patients in a persistent vegetative state were distinguished based on the prognosis.
Leonid B. Likhterman
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Lived Experience of the Mother's Caring of Adult Children with Persistent Vegetative State [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2017 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to deepen understanding the nature of the care experience by the mothers with adult children in persistent vegetative state.
Young Mi Yang, Jeung Im Kim
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Persistent vegetative state: an overview
Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2021 Background Disorder of consciousness diagnosis, especially when is classified as persistent vegetative state (without misestimating the other diagnosis classifications), in the intensive care is an important diagnosis to evaluate and treat.
Gabriel Alexander Quiñones-Ossa +4 more
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Recovery of the ascending reticular activating system and consciousness following comprehensive management in a patient with traumatic brain injury: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science, 2022 We report on changes in the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) concurrent with the recovery of impaired consciousness following rehabilitation and cranioplasty in a patient with traumatic brain injury (TBI), which were demonstrated on diffusion
Sung Ho Jang, Young Hyeon Kwon
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The persistent vegetative state – General considerations [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2011 The persistent vegetative state is a clinical condition of complete unawareness of the self and the environment accompanied by sleep-wake cycles with either complete or partial preservation of hypothalamic and brainstem autonomic functions.
Eva Georghita +4 more
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SAGE Open Medicine, 2023 Objective: Persistent vegetative state often occurs as a result of traumatic brain injuries; these patients are usually hospitalized for sustained periods, and the family caregivers are the main care providers in Iranian hospitals, especially for chronic
Ehsan Alimohammadi +4 more
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Folia Medica Indonesiana, 2021 The complications of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are many and are reported in literature extensively. The complication of transanal extrusion after bowel perforation is known although rare.
Asra Al Fauzi +4 more
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Catatonia Rating Scales in Patients with Persistent Vegetative State
Taiwanese Journal of Psychiatry, 2020 Objective: Persistent vegetative state (PVS) has similar clinical presentations with catatonia. Both PVS and catatonia can be evaluated using clinical observation and rating scales.
Chin- Chuen Lin +3 more
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Clinical application of Chinese Nanjing persistent vegetative state scale
Chinese Medical Journal, 2020 . Background. It is a challenge to characterize the consciousness level of patients with severe disturbance of consciousness and predict their prognosis effectively for Chinese doctors. We aimed to investigate the psychometric property and the diagnostic
Pei-Dong Wang +8 more
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MEDICAL ERROR, PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE AND OVER NINETEEN LONG YEARS OF MEDICAL CARE
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021 A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of medical care. Errors can happen in the hospital at the doctor’s office, at the pharmacy, laboratory and ward. These can also occur at home by the patient or the attendant.
Zahid Farooq Baig +4 more
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