Identifying Features of Electroencephalography Associated with Improved Awareness in Persistent Vegetative State via Multiscale Entropy: A Machine Learning Modeling Study [PDF]
Neurotrauma ReportsAccurate differentiation between persistent vegetative state (PVS) and minimally conscious state and estimation of recovery likelihood in patients in PVS are crucial.
Keyun Lai +10 more
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Responsiveness of a patient in a persistent vegetative state after a coma to weekly injections of autologous activated immune cells: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012 Introduction An 82-year-old Caucasian woman had remained in a persistent vegetative state after a coma of seven months duration, which occurred after a stroke with hemiplegia, nine years previously.
Fellerhoff Barbara +2 more
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The experiences of the caregivers caring for the patients in persistent vegetative state due to traumatic brain injury [PDF]
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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Personhood and the Persistent Vegetative State [PDF]
The Linacre Quarterly, 1990 Philip Smith
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Persistent vegetative state [PDF]
The Lancet, 1992 Persistent vegetative state (PVS) was first described in 1972 and refers to a clinical condition in which there is a lack of self-awareness (complete unawareness of the self) despite the patient having sleep–wake cycles, other basic reflexes (such as blinking or withdrawing the hand when it is squeezed hard), being capable of spontaneous breathing, and
Patrick Doherty
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Clinical application of Chinese Nanjing persistent vegetative state scale [PDF]
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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The Effects of Enteral Nutrition on the Intestinal Environment in Patients in a Persistent Vegetative State [PDF]
Foods, 2022 Enteral nutrition (EN) is a rational approach to providing nutritional intake via the intestines in patients who are unable to tolerate parenteral nutrition.
Hiroshi Matsuoka +14 more
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Effects of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on the nutritional status of patients in a persistent vegetative state: A pilot study [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 PurposeThis paper presents a preliminary study on whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can modulate the nutritional status of persistent vegetative state (PVS) patients (the primary endpoint) by regulating the intestinal flora and ...
Xuan-Wei Liu +9 more
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Case report: Tongdu Xingshen acupuncture for a patient with persistent vegetative state after herpes simplex virus encephalitis [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 IntroductionA persistent vegetative state (PVS) can be caused by traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury. PVS is a complex clinical condition with numerous complications.
Bingxu Jin +3 more
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Outcomes of Bone Marrow-Derived Mononuclear Cell Transplantation for Patients in Persistent Vegetative State After Drowning: Report of Five Cases [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020 Aim: Anoxic brain injury (ABI) due to non-fatal drowning may cause persistent vegetative state (VS) that is currently incurable. The aim of this paper is to present the safety and feasibility of autologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cell (BMMNC ...
Nguyen Thanh Liem +10 more
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