Brainstem neurons survive the identical ischemic stress that kills higher neurons: insight to the persistent vegetative state. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Global ischemia caused by heart attack, pulmonary failure, near-drowning or traumatic brain injury often damages the higher brain but not the brainstem, leading to a 'persistent vegetative state' where the patient is awake but not aware. Approximately 30,
C Devin Brisson +4 more
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Pregnancy in a Persistent Vegetative State: A Management Dilemma. Case Report, Literature Review and Ethical Concerns. [PDF]
J Obstet Gynaecol India, 2020 Siwatch S +5 more
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Intraventricular Transplantation of Autologous Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells via Ommaya Reservoir in Persistent Vegetative State Patients after Haemorrhagic Stroke: Report of Two Cases & Review of the Literature. [PDF]
J Stem Cells Regen Med, 2016 Background: One of the most devastating diseases, stroke, is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide with severe emotional and economic consequences. The purpose of this article is mainly to report the effect of intraventricular transplantation
Fauzi AA +3 more
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Persistent vegetative state and minimally conscious state: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic procedures. [PDF]
Dtsch Arztebl Int, 2015 Bender A +4 more
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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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Persistent vegetative state after severe cerebral hemorrhage treated with amantadine: A retrospective controlled study. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2020 Amantadine is currently recommended for use in patients of posttraumatic brain injury with unconsciousness. However, the application of amantadine in consciousness disturbance after cerebral hemorrhage has only been rarely reported.
Gao Y, Zhang Y, Li Z, Ma L, Yang J.
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Resolving the ethical quagmire of the persistent vegetative state. [PDF]
Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice, 2023 BACKGROUND A patient is diagnosed with the persistent vegetative state (PVS) when they show no evidence of the awareness of the self or the environment for an extended period of time.
Ognjen Arandjelovíc
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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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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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Ethics and health policy of dialyzing a patient in a persistent vegetative state. [PDF]
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2014 Skold A, Lesandrini J, Gorbatkin S.
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