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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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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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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
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Clinical Case Reports, 2021 This article highlights the possibility of positive outcomes associated with prolonged CPR and anoxic brain injury contesting the idea that such patients will invariably end up in a persistent vegetative state.
Fateen Ata +8 more
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Clinical and neuroimaging determinants of minimally conscious and persistent vegetative states after acute stroke [PDF]
Journal of Neurocritical Care, 2019 Background Patients with persistent vegetative state (PVS) show no evidence of awareness of self or their environment, and those with minimally conscious state (MCS) have severely impaired consciousness with minimal but definite behavioral evidence of ...
Emre Kumral +3 more
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Publication trends in neuroimaging of minimally conscious states [PDF]
PeerJ, 2013 We used existing and customized bibliometric and scientometric methods to analyze publication trends in neuroimaging research of minimally conscious states and describe the domain in terms of its geographic, contributor, and content features.
Alex Garnett, Grace Lee, Judy Illes
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Background: There are few treatments with limited efficacy for patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC), such as minimally conscious and persistent vegetative state (MCS and PVS).Objective: In this meta-analysis of individual patient data (IPD), we
Christen M. O'Neal +6 more
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End-of-life decisions and involvement of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Physicians in Europe
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023 Objective: As Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine physicians are experts in functional prognoses of disabling health conditions, the aim of this study was to gain insight into their involvement in end-of-life decisions in patients with neurological or ...
Rutger Osterthun +3 more
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Do Sensory Stimulation Programs Have an Impact on Consciousness Recovery?
Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 Objectives: Considering sensory stimulation programs (SSP) as a treatment for disorders of consciousness is still debated today. Previous studies investigating its efficacy were affected by various biases among which small sample size and spontaneous ...
Lijuan Cheng +8 more
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