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The experiences of the caregivers caring for the patients in persistent vegetative state due to traumatic brain injury [PDF]

SAGE Open Medicine, 2023
Objective: Persistent vegetative state often occurs as a result of traumatic brain injuries; these patients are usually hospitalized for sustained periods, and the family caregivers are the main care providers in Iranian hospitals, especially for chronic
Ehsan Alimohammadi, Atefeh Arast, Zeljko Vlaisavljevic, Alireza Abdi, Haider Ramadhan   +4 more
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The Role of [¹⁸F]FDG PET Imaging for the Assessment of Vegetative State or Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Diagnostics
Background: Different evidence on the ability of [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to assess patients in the vegetative state (VS) or unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) has been reported.
Francesco Dondi, Nicola Latronico, Pietro Bellini, Silvia Lucchini, Luca Camoni, Michela Cossandi, Gian Luca Viganò, Giulia Santo, Francesco Bertagna   +8 more
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Resting-state networks distinguish locked-in from vegetative state patients [PDF]

NeuroImage: Clinical, 2016
Purpose: Locked-in syndrome and vegetative state are distinct outcomes from coma. Despite their differences, they are clinically difficult to distinguish at the early stage and current diagnostic tools remain insufficient.
Daniel Roquet, Jack R. Foucher, Pierre Froehlig, Félix Renard, Julien Pottecher, Hortense Besancenot, Francis Schneider, Maleka Schenck, Stéphane Kremer   +8 more
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Partial recovery of vegetative state after a massive ischaemic stroke in a child with sickle cell anaemia. [PDF]

BMJ Case Rep, 2020
Machado C, Rodríguez-Rojas R, Leisman G.   +2 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Educational challenges of family caregivers of vegetative state patients for home care preparedness: A qualitative content analysis. [PDF]

J Educ Health Promot, 2022
Keykha A, Ramezani M, Amini S, Moonaghi HK, Saki A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Outcomes of Bone Marrow-Derived Mononuclear Cell Transplantation for Patients in Persistent Vegetative State After Drowning: Report of Five Cases. [PDF]

Front Pediatr, 2020
Liem NT, Chinh VD, Phuong DTM, Van Doan N, Forsyth NR, Heke M, Thi PAN, Nguyen XH.   +7 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Altered functional connectivity and regional brain activity in a triple-network model in minimally conscious state and vegetative-state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome patients: A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study. [PDF]

Front Behav Neurosci, 2022
Wang Y, Chen S, Xia X, Peng Y, Wu B.
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Persistent vegetative state after severe cerebral hemorrhage treated with amantadine: A retrospective controlled study. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore), 2020
Gao Y, Zhang Y, Li Z, Ma L, Yang J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Noncanonical Adult Human Neurogenesis and Axonal Growth as Possible Structural Basis of Recovery From Traumatic Vegetative State. [PDF]

Clin Med Insights Case Rep, 2017
Vainshenker Y, Zinserling V, Korotkov A, Medvedev S.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Persistent vegetative state: an overview

Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2021
Background Disorder of consciousness diagnosis, especially when is classified as persistent vegetative state (without misestimating the other diagnosis classifications), in the intensive care is an important diagnosis to evaluate and treat.
Gabriel Alexander Quiñones-Ossa, Yeider A. Durango-Espinosa, Tariq Janjua, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Amit Agrawal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source