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Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2020 Background: Providing care for patients in Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) by family caregivers without enough training and knowledge may be problematic both for the patients and for the caregivers.
Fateme Goudarzi +2 more
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Basler Vegetative State Assessment - BAVESTA : Validierung eines neu entwickelten, interprofessionellen Verlaufsbeobachtungsinstruments für Menschen mit schweren Bewusstseinsstörungen nach erworbenen Hirnverletzungen [PDF]
, 2014 Das Wachkoma nach erworbener Hirnschädigung stellt, sofern nicht eine chronische neurodegenerative Erkrankung zugrunde liegt, ein postkomatöses Zustandsbild dar. Es wird zu den schweren Bewusstseinsstörungen gezählt.
Huber, Marion
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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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Persistent Vegetative State in Electrical Injuries: A 10-Year Review
, 2011 We reviewed 148 cases of electrical injury admitted to our burn centre. The incidence of persistent vegetative state was 3% (n = 5), higher in the low-voltage (6.7%) than in highvoltage group (1.2%).
楊永健;黃慧夫 +1 more
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Functional brain imaging in the clinical assessment of consciousness.
PLoS Biology, 2010 Recent findings suggest that functional brain imaging might be used to identify consciousness in patients diagnosed with persistent vegetative state and minimally conscious state.
Michael S Rafii, James B Brewer
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Brain Death and Persistent Vegetative State
, 2017 Neurologists are often asked to consult for determination of brain death or to advise families about prognosis and other aspects of the persistent vegetative state. Criteria for these conditions are discussed along with challenges in discussing them with
E. Lee Murray, Karl E. Misulis
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Questioning the Persistent Vegetative State [PDF]
, 2011 This paper concerns the topic of the Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) and some of the ethical dilemmas surrounding it. PVS is defined as a “condition in which the patient is wakeful but devoid of conscious content, without cognitive or affective mental ...
Medis, Kim
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2012 A very troubling issue for health care systems today is that of life-sustaining treatment for patients who have permanently lost their cognitive capacities.
Ofra G. Golan, Esther-Less Marchus
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Neurophysiological and behavioural responses to music therapy in vegetative and minimally conscious states [PDF]
, 2013 Assessment of awareness for those with disorders of consciousness (DOC) is a challenging undertaking, due to the complex presentation of the population, where misdiagnosis rates remain high.
J. eFachner +23 more
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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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