Hydrogen inhalation promotes recovery of a patient in persistent vegetative state from intracerebral hemorrhage: A case report and literature review. [PDF]
World J Clin Cases, 2022 BACKGROUND Persistent vegetative state (PVS) is a devastating and long-lasting clinical condition with high morbidity and mortality; currently, there are no available effective interventions. CASE SUMMARY We report the case of an 11-year-old boy with PVS
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Effectiveness of Sensory Stimulation to Improve Arousal and Alertness of People in a Coma or Persistent Vegetative State After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review [PDF]
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2016 OBJECTIVE This systematic review evaluates the effectiveness of sensory stimulation to improve arousal and alertness of people in a coma or persistent vegetative state after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
René Padilla, Anna Domina
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Tracheoesophageal fistula repair in a sexagenarian in a persistent vegetative state: how palliative surgery ended in an awakening for both patient and physicians. [PDF]
Trauma Surg Acute Care OpenBauer TM +3 more
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Still Human: A Thomistic Analysis of ‘Persistent Vegetative State’ [PDF]
Studies in Christian Ethics, 2018 Would Aquinas hold the view that a patient in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) is something other than a human being? Some recent interpreters have argued for this position. I contend that this reading is grounded in a false symmetry between the three
Stewart Clem
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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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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 effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation on arousal and alertness in patients in coma or persistent vegetative state after traumatic brain injury: Protocol of systematic review and network meta-analysis. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2018 Background: Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The survivors usually suffer from disorders of consciousness, especially coma state and persistent vegetative state.
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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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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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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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