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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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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
Patrick Doherty
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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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The vegetative state [PDF]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2002
B Jennett
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Personhood and the Persistent Vegetative State [PDF]

The Linacre Quarterly, 1990
Smith, Philip
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The persistent vegetative state [PDF]

BMJ, 1995
Patients in a vegetative state seem to be awake with their eyes open but show no evidence of awareness.1 They do not interact with others and make no purposeful or voluntary responses to visual, auditory, tactile, or noxious stimuli. They are able to breathe spontaneously, and they retain their gag, cough, sucking, and swallowing reflexes.
Robin S. Howard, David Miller
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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
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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, Catioara Cristescu, Luminita Neagoe, V. Ciubotaru, Ligia Tataranu   +4 more
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The Vegetative State: A Review of Etiology and Prognostic Factors

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020
This paper reviews the research investigating the vegetative state (VS) in terms of its aetiology and prognostic factors that may be indicative of the outcome for patients in the VS.
Rachel Elizabeth Davison
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