The persistent vegetative state – General considerations
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. It usually follows the coma and it means that due to extens...
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| author | Eva Georghita Catioara Cristescu Luminita Neagoe V. Ciubotaru Ligia Tataranu |
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| description | 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. It usually follows the coma and it means that due to extensive and irrevocable brain damage a patients is highly unlikely ever to achieve higher functions above a vegetative state. This state does not mean that improvement is impossible, but does open the possibility for a judicial request to end life support.
The authors wish to highlight the causes, diagnosis, management and ethical considerations about this condition in our country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aade0f7d31bb42808d46def34642bc242022-12-22T03:55:25ZengAmaltea Medical Publishing HouseRomanian Journal of Neurology1843-81482069-60942011-09-0110312613010.37897/RJN.2011.3.4The persistent vegetative state – General considerationsEva Georghita0Catioara Cristescu1Luminita Neagoe2V. Ciubotaru3Ligia Tataranu41st Neurosurgical Clinic, 4th Neurosurgical Department, “Bagdasar-Arseni” Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania1st Neurosurgical Clinic, 4th Neurosurgical Department, “Bagdasar-Arseni” Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania1st Neurosurgical Clinic, 4th Neurosurgical Department, “Bagdasar-Arseni” Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania1st Neurosurgical Clinic, 4th Neurosurgical Department, “Bagdasar-Arseni” Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania1st Neurosurgical Clinic, 4th Neurosurgical Department, “Bagdasar-Arseni” Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, RomaniaThe 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. It usually follows the coma and it means that due to extensive and irrevocable brain damage a patients is highly unlikely ever to achieve higher functions above a vegetative state. This state does not mean that improvement is impossible, but does open the possibility for a judicial request to end life support. The authors wish to highlight the causes, diagnosis, management and ethical considerations about this condition in our country.https://rjn.com.ro/articles/2011.3/RJN_2011_3_Art-04.pdfpersistent vegetative statebrainstemcoma |
| spellingShingle | Eva Georghita Catioara Cristescu Luminita Neagoe V. Ciubotaru Ligia Tataranu The persistent vegetative state – General considerations Romanian Journal of Neurology persistent vegetative state brainstem coma |
| title | The persistent vegetative state – General considerations |
| title_full | The persistent vegetative state – General considerations |
| title_fullStr | The persistent vegetative state – General considerations |
| title_full_unstemmed | The persistent vegetative state – General considerations |
| title_short | The persistent vegetative state – General considerations |
| title_sort | persistent vegetative state general considerations |
| topic | persistent vegetative state brainstem coma |
| url | https://rjn.com.ro/articles/2011.3/RJN_2011_3_Art-04.pdf |
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