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Deep Brain Stimulation in Persistent Vegetative States: Ethical Issues Governing Decision Making

Behavioural Neurology, 2014
The aim of the present paper was to investigate the fundamental ethical issues of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) on patients remaining in Persistent Vegetative State (PVS).
Sara Patuzzo, Paolo Manganotti
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Does withdrawing treatment from a pregnant persistent vegetative state patient resulting in her death constitute a termination of pregnancy

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, 2015
A recent article on the Texas case of Munoz v John Peter Smith Hospital, begs the question whether if the pregnant woman had been in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) the courts in South Africa would have ordered the withdrawal of life-support ...
David McQuoid-Mason
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An Analysis of Clinical Characteristics of Rare Bilateral Cerebral Peduncular Infarction

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Objective: To investigate the anatomical characteristics, clinical manifestations, and imaging features of bilateral cerebral peduncular infarction.Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 11 patients diagnosed with bilateral cerebral ...
Hao Chen, Qian Hu, Hafiz Khuram Raza, Hafiz Khuram Raza, Sandeep Singh, Pabitra Rai, Jienan Zhu, Guiyun Cui, Xinchun Ye, Chuanying Xu, Jia Jing, Yonghai Liu   +11 more
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Outcomes of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Estimation of Healthcare Costs in Potential ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Cases

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2016
Objectives: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a life-saving procedure which may fail if applied unselectively. ‘Do not resuscitate’ (DNR) policies can help avoid futile life-saving attempts among terminally-ill patients.
Akhwand S. Ahmad, Sayed Mudasser, Muhammad N. Khan, Hafiz N. H. Abdoun   +3 more
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Pressure ulcers and Charcot's definitions: report on two cases

São Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Pressure ulcers are lesions caused by inadequate blood flow and tissue malnourishment secondary to prolonged pressure on skin, soft connective tissues, muscle and/or bones.
Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive, Ricardo William Genaro Rodrigues de Campos, Renato Puppi Munhoz, Lineu César Werneck   +3 more
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Traumatic Brain Injury in Pregnancy

Brazilian Neurosurgery
Objective The present paper aims to provide a review on the main complications involving traumatic brain injury (TBI) during pregnancy and on the vegetative state after TBI.
Letícia Adrielle dos Santos, Carlos Umberto Pereira, Maycon Cristian Gomes de Paula, Gabriela Ferreira Kalkmann, Nicollas Nunes Rabelo   +4 more
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Emergence of a Latent Indian Cassava Mosaic Virus from Cassava Which Recovered from Infection by a Non-Persistent Sri Lankan Cassava Mosaic Virus

Viruses, 2016
The major threat for cassava cultivation on the Indian subcontinent is cassava mosaic disease (CMD) caused by cassava mosaic geminiviruses which are bipartite begomoviruses with DNA A and DNA B components.
Chockalingam Karthikeyan, Basavaprabhu L. Patil, Basanta K. Borah, Thulasi R. Resmi, Silvia Turco, Mikhail M. Pooggin, Thomas Hohn, Karuppannan Veluthambi   +7 more
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Severe Protracted Hypophosphatemia in a Patient with Persistent Vegetative State on Long-Term Assisted Respiratory Support. [PDF]

Am J Case Rep, 2022
Namestnic Y, Shwieke H, Heyman SN, Marcus EL.   +3 more
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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
Huang Y, Xiao FM, Tang WJ, Qiao J, Wei HF, Xie YY, Wei YZ.   +6 more
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Persistent Vegetative State

, 2015
Persistent vegetative state (PVS) is a condition in which a person with severe brain damage is described as being or, more precisely, seeming to be wakeful without awareness. This condition gives rise to many complex ethical and juridical questions, from the moral status of people in this condition and the dignity of their lives to the questions about ...
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