Effect of Xingnao Kaiqiao Acupuncture combined with EEG Biomimetic Electrical Stimulation on Evoked Potential of Patients with Persistent Vegetative State [PDF]
康复学报, 2020 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]
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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Persistent vegetative state [PDF]
Neurology, 2007 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]
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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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.
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