Effect of Xingnao Kaiqiao Acupuncture combined with EEG Biomimetic Electrical Stimulation on Evoked Potential of Patients with Persistent Vegetative State [PDF]
Objective:To observe the effect of Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture combined with EEG biomimetic electrical stimulation on brainstem auditory evoked potential (BEAP) and somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) in patients with persistent vegetative state (PVS ...
Lixia DENG +6 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]
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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Persistent vegetative state [PDF]
A young man was resuscitated from a deep comatose state following unobserved cardiac arrest. Head CT done a few hours later revealed bilateral basal ganglia hypodensities, suggestive of hypoxic-ischemic …
Modi, Manish, Singla, Veenu
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The persistent vegetative state – General considerations [PDF]
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]
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
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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Catatonia Rating Scales in Patients with Persistent Vegetative State
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
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]
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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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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