Neurobehavioral recovery in patients who emerged from prolonged disorder of consciousness: a retrospective study by Hoo Young Lee, Jung Hyun Park, Ae Ryoung Kim, Misun Park, Tae-Woo Kim

“…The significant predictors of EDoC included minimally conscious state (MCS) (vs. vegetative state), higher auditory, communication, arousal, total CRS-R scores, shorter lag time post-injury, and the absence of intra-axial lesions. …”
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Clinical outcomes of 3-year experience of targeted temperature management in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at Songklanagarind Hospital in Southern Thailand: an anal... by Vattanavanit V, Bhurayanontachai R

“…The survival rate to hospital discharge was 47.8% (11/23), but neurological outcomes were in a persistent vegetative state (8/11, 72.7%). The group with poor neurological outcomes had a significantly higher Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation II score than the group with good neurological outcomes (22.9±4.2 vs 16.0±3.6, P=0.01). …”
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Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Treatment of Disorders of Consciousness – Longitudinal Case Study by Albertyna Osińska, Andrzej Rynkiewicz, Marek Binder, Tomasz Komendziński, Anna Borowicz, Antoni Leszczyński

“…We present a longitudinal case study of non-invasive auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) in a patient diagnosed with chronic unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (previously known as vegetative state). Over a period of 6 months we applied taVNS daily and regularly evaluated the patient’s behavioral outcomes using Coma Recovery Scale – Revised. …”
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Implementing traditional ayurveda treatment as a primary care management in a survivor of gas geyser syndrome – A case report by Jibi Varghese, Aboli Patil, Aqsa Zarin Khan, Shweta Kodre, Samkit Shah, Manna Mathew

“…Four years ago, the patient landed into a vegetative state and was bed ridden, her condition was further diagnosed as Gas Geyser Syndrome. …”
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Unraveling the mysterious flowering cycles of Mexican Guadua species: A captivating natural phenomenon by María de la Luz Perez-Garcia, Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez

“…Woody bamboos can persist in a vegetative state for up to 150 years. Among these intriguing flowering bamboos are the Guadua species. …”
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Organ donation, awareness, attitudes and beliefs among post graduate medical students by Bapat Usha, Kedlaya Prashanth, Gokulnath

“…About 97&#x0025; said they were aware of organ donation through media, 23 unders-tood the concept of <i>"cadaver" </i>as <i>"brain-death" </i>and 93&#x0025;<i> </i>were able to distinguish between brain-death and persistent vegetative state. Eighty-nine percent wished to donate their organs, 77&#x0025; did not believe in body disfigurement and 87&#x0025; did not believe in rebirth without the donated organs, if they pledged their organs. …”
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Prognosis of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness after brain injury: a longitudinal cohort study by Dong Yan, Liu Simei, Bai Hongzhao, Du Hongyan, Ding Yuchao

“…The prognosis of different PDOC including coma, vegetative state (VS) and minimal conscious state (MCS) was analyzed. …”
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Seizures in 204 comatose children: incidence and outcome. by Kirkham, F, Wade, A, McElduff, F, Boyd, S, Tasker, R, Edwards, M, Neville, BG, Peshu, N, Newton, C

“…Outcome at 1 month was independently determined and dichotomized for survivors into favourable (normal or moderate neurological handicap) and unfavourable (severe handicap or vegetative state). RESULTS: Of the 204 patients, 110 had clinical seizures (CS) before cEEG commenced. …”

A retrospective study of outcome of severe traumatic brain injury among adult patients in Emergency Department Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Jusoh, Mardhiah

“…The survived patients; 31.3% (30) of them were discharged with good outcome (low disability), while both moderate and severely disabled, accounted about 15.6% (15) each. 3.1% (3) of them were discharged with vegetative state. Using the binary logistic regression model, a few prognostic factors were found to be significantly affecting the outcome of the severe TBI. …”
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Deep Brain Stimulation in the treatment of disorders of consciousness by Joanna Olszak, Karolina Zalewa, Lidia Bartoszek, Dominika Orłowska, Wojciech Kapłan, Mikołaj Poleszczuk, Karol Poleszczuk, Alicja Milewska, Anna Czuba, Marta Kaus

“… Introduction and Purpose  Disorders of consciousness, such as the vegetative state (VS) and minimally conscious state (MCS), are significant neurological conditions where patients exhibit limited or no awareness of their surroundings. …”
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Analysis of the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for disorders of consciousness: A retrospective cohort study by Sha Li, Zhi‐Juan Di, Zi‐Bo Liu, Long Zhao, Man‐Yu Li, Hong‐Ling Li

“…Results HBO therapy improved the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and Chinese Nanjing Persistent Vegetative State Scale (CNPVSS), as well as the clinical efficacy in patients with DOC. …”
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Assessing Consciousness in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness Using a Musical Stimulation Paradigm and Verifiable Criteria by Jiahui Pan, Yue Chen, Qiuyi Xiao, Zerong Chen, Honghua Cai, Qi You, Lina Qiu, Qiuyou Xie

“…Twenty-nine participants (13 healthy subjects, 6 patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) and 10 patients in a vegetative state (VS)) were recruited, and EEG signals were collected while participants listened to preferred and relaxing music. …”
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Using contact network dynamics to implement efficient interventions against pathogen spread in hospital settings: A modelling study. by Quentin J Leclerc, Audrey Duval, Didier Guillemot, Lulla Opatowski, Laura Temime

“…We identified "supercontactor" individuals with most contacts ("frequency-based," overrepresented among nurses, porters, and rehabilitation staff) or with the longest cumulative time spent in contact ("duration-based," overrepresented among healthcare assistants and patients in elderly care or persistent vegetative state (PVS)). Targeting supercontactors enhanced interventions against pathogen spread in the LTCF. …”
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Effect of high‐frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over M1 for consciousness recovery after traumatic brain injury by Longbin Shen, Yixuan Huang, Yujun Liao, Xiaona Yin, Yulin Huang, Jianlin Ou, Hui Ouyang, Zhuoming Chen, Jinyi Long

“…Objective The aim of this study was to examine the clinical [the Glasgow coma scale (GCS) and the coma recovery scale‐revised (CRS‐R)] and neurophysiological (EEG reactivity and SSEP) responses in vegetative state (VS) patients following traumatic brain injury (TBI) before and after a protocol of high‐frequency rTMS over the M1 region. …”
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Vegetation Indices for Predicting the Growth and Harvest Rate of Lettuce by Ana Luisa Alves Ribeiro, Gabriel Mascarenhas Maciel, Ana Carolina Silva Siquieroli, José Magno Queiroz Luz, Rodrigo Bezerra de Araujo Gallis, Pablo Henrique de Souza Assis, Hugo César Rodrigues Moreira Catão, Rickey Yoshio Yada

“…The Green Leaf Index (GLI), Normalized Green Red Difference Index (NGRDI), Spectral Slope Saturation Index (SI), and Overall Hue Index (HUE) were calculated from images captured at 1, 8, 18, 24, and 36 days after transplanting (vegetative state). The diameter and average leaf area of plants were measured using QGIS software. …”
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Changes of Endophytic Bacterial Community in Mature Leaves of <i>Prunus laurocerasus</i> L. during the Seasonal Transition from Winter Dormancy to Vegetative Growth by Jaroslav Michalko, Juraj Medo, Peter Ferus, Jana Konôpková, Dominika Košútová, Peter Hoťka, Marek Barta

“…In this study, we analysed the matured one-year-old leaves of this plant using Illumina-based 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding to reveal the community structure of endophytic bacteria and understand its shifts during the seasonal transition from winter dormancy to a spring vegetative state. The overall community was composed of four dominant phyla (<i>Proteobacteria</i>, <i>Actinobacteria</i>, <i>Firmicutes</i>, <i>Bacteroidetes</i>). …”
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Changes in groundwater and surface water bacterial communities under disinfection processes: Chlorination, ozonization, photo-fenton and ultraviolet radiation by Lucía Castaño-Henao, David Felipe Garcia Mendez, Siobhon Egan, Janeth Sanabria

“…The chlorination of groundwater samples likely had a greater impact on bacteria in a vegetative state than on spores. Consequently, this led to a higher abundance in the BHI cultures of sporulating bacteria such as Bacillus (increasing from 0.36 to 93.62 %), while ozonation led to an elevated recovery of Pseudomonas (increasing from 45.2 to 69.9 %). …”
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Evaluation of propagation methods, nitrogen fertilization and phenology in stevia in the Cauca Valley, Colombia Evaluación de métodos de propagación, fertilización nitrogenada y fe... by Bonilla Correa Carmen Rosa, Sánchez Manuel Salvador, Perlaza Diego Fernando

“…Phenological observation were as follows: emergence: 6 days after sowing (das), vegetative state: 17 das, flowering: 71 das, fructificatión: 115 das, senility: 169 das and shoot: 201 dís&lt;/span&gt;<br>&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"&gt;En el Centro Experimental de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Palmira se evaluó el prendimiento de estacas apicales y basales de &lt;em&gt;Stevia rebaudiana&lt;/em&gt; en tres sustratos de enraizamiento (carbonilla-arena, carbonilla-compost y arena-compost) y tres fuentes de nitrógeno (urea 46%N, compost 1.5%N y gallinaza 1% N). …”
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Analysis of the results of treatment of patients with gunshotwound to the head in acute and early postoperative period by Yu.М. Yu.М.

“…The frequency of infectious complications was 31.19 %. 45 patients underwent repeated surgeries, 26 were operated on three times for gunshot wounds in different medical institutions at different stages, 5 patients were operated on more than three times. 52 (47.7 %) of the wounded had a good recovery result (GOS 4, 5). 44 (40.36 %) of the wounded were discharged with the result of GOS 3, 3 patients were in a vegetative state (GOS 2), 10 (9.17 %) patients died (GOS 1). …”
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The Effectiveness of Zolpidem in Improving Consciousness in Patients with Acute Brain Injury by Alireza Rahat Dahmardeh, Masoum Khoshfetrat, Mehdi Heidari, Aliakbar Keykha

“… Background: Disorders of consciousness, including the vegetative state (VS) and the minimally conscious state (MCS) following brain damage and various complications for the patient, also have economic and social consequences. …”
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