Persistent Vegetative State
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Emergence from minimally conscious state: insights from evaluation of posttraumatic confusion.

4 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Guidelines for defining the minimally conscious state (MCS) specify behaviors that characterize emergence, including "reliable and consistent" functional communication (accurate yes/no responding). Guidelines were developed by consensus ... Read more...

A prediction model for out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: We created a prediction model to be used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attempts as a decision tool to omit futile CPR attempts and to save resources. METHODS: In this post hoc analysis, we assessed predictive parameters for ... Read more...

The Terri Schiavo saga: ethical and legal aspects and implications for clinicians.

30 Aug 2009 On March 31, 2005, Terri Schiavo (born December 3, 1963) died -- the final complication of a cardiac arrest on February 25, 1990. Her death was preceded by the withdrawal of artificially administered hydration and nutrition through a feeding tube. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Persistent Vegetative State'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Emergence from minimally conscious state: insights from evaluation of posttraumatic confusion. 4 Oct 2009
• A prediction model for out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 29 Sep 2009
• Predictors of poor neurologic outcome after induced mild hypothermia following cardiac arrest. 20 Sep 2009
• Media coverage of the persistent vegetative state and end-of-life decision-making: Theresa Schiavo's tragedy and ours, too. 13 Sep 2009
• The Terri Schiavo saga: ethical and legal aspects and implications for clinicians. 30 Aug 2009
• [Chronically ill, a lifelong responsibility, viewed from 3 different perspectives. Basal stimulation in nursing chronically ill children (3)] 30 Aug 2009
• Learning as a possible sign of non-reflective consciousness in persons with a diagnosis of vegetative state and pervasive motor impairment. 18 Aug 2009
• [Chronically ill, a lifelong responsibility, regarded from 3 different perspectives. The quality of life aspect (2)] 30 Jul 2009
• Functional connectivity in the default network during resting state is preserved in a vegetative but not in a brain dead patient. 30 Jul 2009
• Diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state: clinical consensus versus standardized neurobehavioral assessment. 19 Jul 2009
• Hyperhomocysteinemia and MTHFR C677T homozygosity in a vegetarian male with sinovenous thrombosis of the brain. 7 Jul 2009
• [Chronically ill, a lifelong responsibility, regarded from 3 different perspectives. Friedmann family and environment relevant nursing (1)] 29 Jun 2009
• [Individualizing the admission of a chronic vegetative state patient to rehabilitation care] 29 Jun 2009
• Intrathecal baclofen in patients with persistent vegetative state: 2 hypotheses. 29 Jun 2009
• Care protocol for persistent vegetative states (PVS) and minimally conscious state (MSC) in Lorraine: retrospective study over an 18-year period. 4 Jun 2009
• Attitudes to brain death and organ procurement among university students and critical care physicians in poland. 30 May 2009
• Advance directives: binding or merely indicative? Incoherence of the Portuguese National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences and insufficiencies of newly proposed regulation. 30 May 2009
• Minimally conscious state after ruptured giant basilar aneurysm. 30 May 2009
• Deep brain stimulation, neuroethics, and the minimally conscious state: moving beyond proof of principle. 30 May 2009
• Neuroimaging and the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from patients in vegetative state. 5 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Persistent Vegetative State'

Definition: Vegetative state refers to the neurocognitive status of individuals with severe brain damage, in whom physiologic functions (sleep-wake cycles, autonomic control, and breathing) persist, but awareness (including all cognitive function and emotion) is abolished.

Descriptor UI: D018458

Alternative terms: Persistent Vegetative State; PVS (Persistent Vegetative State); PVSs (Persistent Vegetative State); Vegetative State, Persistent; Persistent Vegetative States; State, Persistent Vegetative; States, Persistent Vegetative; Vegetative States, Persistent; Persistent Unawareness State; Persistent Unawareness States; State, Persistent Unawareness; States, Persistent Unawareness; Unawareness State, Persistent; Unawareness States, Persistent; Permanent Vegetative State; Permanent Vegetative States; State, Permanent Vegetative; States, Permanent Vegetative; Vegetative State, Permanent; Vegetative States, Permanent; Vegetative State; State, Vegetative; States, Vegetative; Vegetative States; Post-Traumatic Vegetative State; Post Traumatic Vegetative State; Post-Traumatic Vegetative States; State, Post-Traumatic Vegetative; States, Post-Traumatic Vegetative; Vegetative State, Post-Traumatic; Vegetative States, Post-Traumatic; Posttraumatic Unawareness State; Posttraumatic Unawareness States; State, Posttraumatic Unawareness; States, Posttraumatic Unawareness; Unawareness State, Posttraumatic; Unawareness States, Posttraumatic; Post-Traumatic Unawareness State; Post Traumatic Unawareness State; Post-Traumatic Unawareness States; State, Post-Traumatic Unawareness; States, Post-Traumatic Unawareness; Unawareness State, Post-Traumatic; Unawareness States, Post-Traumatic; Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawareness; Post-Traumatic Unawareness, Prolonged; Post-Traumatic Unawarenesses, Prolonged; Prolonged Post Traumatic Unawareness; Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawarenesses; Unawareness, Prolonged Post-Traumatic; Unawarenesses, Prolonged Post-Traumatic; Transient Vegetative State; State, Transient Vegetative; States, Transient Vegetative; Transient Vegetative States; Vegetative State, Transient; Vegetative States, Transient; Minimally Conscious State; Minimally Conscious States; State, Minimally Conscious; States, Minimally Conscious; Post-Comatose Unawareness State; Post Comatose Unawareness State; Post-Comatose Unawareness States; State, Post-Comatose Unawareness; States, Post-Comatose Unawareness; Unawareness State, Post-Comatose; Unawareness States, Post-Comatose; Postcomatose Unawareness State; Postcomatose Unawareness States; State, Postcomatose Unawareness; States, Postcomatose Unawareness; Unawareness State, Postcomatose; Unawareness States, Postcomatose;

Related Mesh Headings: Akinetic Mutism; Coma;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.140.627; C10.597.606.358.800.400; C23.888.592.604.359.800.400;

History Note: 1995; VEGETATIVE STATE was see COMA 1980-1994

Technical Notes: see also AKINETIC MUTISM