A fate worse than death? The well-being of patients diagnosed as vegetative with covert awareness by Graham, M

“…Patients in the vegetative state are wholly unaware of themselves, or their surroundings. …”

TDCS modulates cortical excitability in patients with disorders of consciousness by Yang Bai, Xiaoyu Xia, Jiannan Kang, Yi Yang, Jianghong He, Xiaoli Li

“…In this study, we enrolled sixteen patients with DOC, including nine vegetative state (VS)33 VS = vegetative state and seven minimally conscious state (MCS)44 MCS = minimally conscious state (six females and ten males). …”
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Ethical issues in videorecording patients lacking capacity to consent by Carlo Petrini

“…The problem of consent for videorecording is addressed particularly in reference to persons incapable of making decisions on their own, such as persons in vegetative state. The general ethical framework is outlined and a few practical proposals are given.…”
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Brain Imaging and Diagnosis by Madeline Goldberg

“…[xii] Daniel Greenberg, “Comment on “Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State.” Science 315, (2007):1221b. doi:10.1126/science.1135284 [xiii] Parashkev Nachev and Masud Husain, “Comment on ‘Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State,’” Science 315, (2007): 1221c. doi:10.1126/science.1135096 [xiv] Owen et al., Science, 1221c.…”
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Validez actual del diagnóstico de «estado vegetativo permanente»: estudio longitudinal en una muestra clínica de pacientes en estados alterados de conciencia by E. Noé, J. Olaya, C. Colomer, B. Moliner, P. Ugart, C. Rodriguez, R. Llorens, J. Ferri

“…Method: Our study included 37 patients diagnosed with vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) and 43 in a minimally conscious state (MCS) according to the Coma Recovery Scale–Revised (CRS-R). …”
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MODERN PHYSICAL THERAPY IN THE EARLY POSTOPERATIVE REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH CHOLELITHIASIS by O. A. Poddubnaya, S. I. Marsheva

“…Early postoperative rehabilitation of patients with cholelithiasis is aimed at improving the function of bile secretion, adaptability and normalization of psycho-vegetative state body, which in the aggregate prevents progression of the disease and reduces the risk of postcholecystectomy violations. …”
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Misdiagnosis as an ethical and scientific challenge by Michele Farisco, Carlo Petrini

“…An astonishingly high rate of misdiagnosis between vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome and minimally conscious state has been detected. …”
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Attention Networks and Consciousness by Michael ePosner

“…However, there is rather little in common between consciousness as the neurologist would use it to diagnose the vegetative state, how the feminist would use it to support raising male consciousness of the economic plight of women and as the philosopher would use it when defining the really hard question of the subjective state of awareness induced by sensory qualities. …”
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Improving the clinical assessment of consciousness with advances in electrophysiological and neuroimaging techniques by D'Arcy Ryan CN, Gawryluk Jodie R, Connolly John F, Weaver Donald F

“…This paper reviews recent advances in physiologically based measures that enable better evaluation of consciousness states (coma, vegetative state, minimally conscious state, and locked in syndrome). …”
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Brain damage and the moral significance of consciousness by Kahane, G, Savulescu, J

“…Neuroimaging studies of brain-damaged patients diagnosed as in the vegetative state suggest that the patients might be conscious. …”

Brain damage and the moral significance of consciousness. by Kahane, G, Savulescu, J

“…Neuroimaging studies of brain-damaged patients diagnosed as in the vegetative state suggest that the patients might be conscious. …”

Current controversies and irresolvable disagreement: the case of Vincent Lambert and the role of ‘dissensus’ by Wilkinson, D, Savulescu, J

“…In this paper, we discuss the recent controversial case of Vincent Lambert, a French man, diagnosed with a vegetative state, for whom there were multiple court hearings over a number of years. …”

GEOMETRICAL AND SPECTRAL METHODS OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN ADOLESCENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION by A. A. Lebedenko, T. D. Tarakanova, T. A. Yanovskaya

“…Assessment of autonomic homeostasis by the geometric and spectral analysis methods of heart rate variability using cardioanalizator «ANKAR-131».Results: According to the geometric and spectral methods of heart rate variability analysis vegetative state for most teens with a stable and labile hypertension characterized by balance of sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system, but in some patients with stable arterial hypertension hypersympathicotonia indicating overvoltage regulatory systems of the body.Summary: Geometric and spectral analysis methods of heart rate variability have the same diagnostic efficacy in the evaluation of vegetative status in adolescents with hypertension.…”
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I Feel! Therefore, I Am from Pain to Consciousness in DOC Patients by Francesco Riganello, Paolo Tonin, Andrea Soddu

“…Moreover, we highlight recent evidence suggesting that an accurate pain assessment may predict changes in the level of consciousness in unresponsive wakefulness syndrome/vegetative state patients, underscoring the importance of ongoing pain management in these patients.…”
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Using neuroimaging to uncover awareness in brain-injured and anesthetized patients by Graham, M, Owen, A, Weijer, C, Naci, L

“…We cast a novel perspective on two distinct populations: patients who become accidentally intraoperatively aware after receiving general anesthesia and severely brain-injured patients who are diagnosed as being in a vegetative state. In both cases, patients are behaviorally non-responsive —and on this basis presumed to lack consciousness— yet, retain covert awareness. …”

Changing Epidemiology of Stroke in Nepalese Population by Amit Thapa, Bidur KC, Bikram Shakya, Dipesh Kumar Yadav, Karjome Lama, Rabindra Shrestha

“…Most of the vegetative state conditions occurred in ischemic stroke patients however early mortality was common in hemorrhagic stroke. …”
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The Concept of Ethics in the Intensive Care by Kutay Alpir

“…These conditions include vegetative state, brain death, dissociated heart death. …”
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Analysis of stochastic strategies in bacterial competence: a master equation approach. by Sandra H Dandach, Mustafa Khammash

“…In this case cellular noise is responsible for driving the cell from a vegetative state into competence and back. In this work we present a novel numerical method for the analysis of stochastic biochemical events and use it to study the excitable dynamics responsible for competence in Bacillus subtilis. …”
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The need to strengthen THE MEDIATION INSTITUTION IN COMMERCIAL CASES IN ROMANIA AND the REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA by Constantin MIHALESCU

“…I, therefore, consider that the specific legislation is insufficiently regulated, and due to this context, the institution of commercial mediation is in a vegetative state at this moment. …”
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Susceptibility-weighted imaging in heat stroke. by Xue-yan Zhang, Jun Li

“…Another patient became a persistent vegetative state and died about 3 months later. Five patients with no hemorrhage detected gradually recovered and cerebellar dysfunction remained to various degrees. …”
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