Disorder of consciousness: Structural integrity of brain networks for the clinical assessment by Jean Paul Medina Carrion, Mario Stanziano, Ludovico D'Incerti, Davide Sattin, Sara Palermo, Stefania Ferraro, Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Matilde Leonardi, Maria Grazia Bruzzone, Cristina Rosazza, Anna Nigri

“…Methods We studied 109 chronic patients with DoC and emerged from DoC with structural MRI: 65 in vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness state (VS/UWS), 34 in minimally conscious state (MCS), and 10 with severe disability. …”
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One-year outcome of brain injured patients undergoing early neurological rehabilitation: a prospective observational study by Melanie Boltzmann, Simone B. Schmidt, Christoph Gutenbrunner, Joachim K. Krauss, Günter U. Höglinger, Jens D. Rollnik

“…According to the GOSE interviews, most patients were either dead (n = 71; 27%), in a vegetative state (n = 28; 11%) or had a severe disability (n = 124; 47%), whereas only a few patients showed a moderate disability (n = 18; 7%) or a good recovery (n = 23; 9%) 1 year after discharge. …”
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Results of the application of a set of functional MRI paradigms to diagnose “covert cognition” phenomenon in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness by M. A. Piradov, K. A. Yatsko, A. N. Cherkasova, Yu. V. Ryabinkina, M. S. Kovyazina, N. A. Varako, A. A. Belkin, E. I. Kremneva, M. V. Krotenkova, N. A. Suponeva

“…Using the proposed set of fMRI paradigms, we demonstrated the possibility of identifying the phenomenon of “covert cognition” in a Russian-speaking cohort of patients in vegetative state / with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (1/6), and confirmed by instrumental methods preservation of individual aspects of consciousness in patients in minimally conscious state “minus” (4/4).…”
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Craniectomia descompressiva para tratamento de hipertensão intracraniana secundária a infarto encefálico isquêmico extenso: análise de 34 casos Decompressive craniectomy for treatm... by Márcio Costa Nobre, Marcílio Monteiro, Antônio Carlos de Albuquerque, Adriano Teixeira Veloso, Vandete Aguiar Mendes, Marise Fagundes Silveira, Lucídio Duarte de Souza Filho, Marcelo José da Silva, Geraldo Vítor Cardoso Bicalho

“…RESULTS: 8 pacients (23.52%) died, 26 (76.47%) survived, and 2 (7.70%) developed a vegetative state condition. CONCLUSION: The factors age over 50 years and male gender were associated with a high death risk. …”
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Bibliometric Analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific Production between 1982 and 2016 Indexed in PubMed by Ricardo Consentino, Maria João Santos, Luís Carlos Matos, Jorge Pereira Machado

“…Background: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) may be understood as a system of sensations and findings designed to establish the functional vegetative state of the body. This state may be treated by several therapeutic methods such as acupuncture, Chinese pharmacotherapy, dietetics, Tuina, and Qigong. …”
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Association of targeted temperature management on progression to brain death after severe anoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest: an observational study by Stephane Legriel, Gilles Troché, Charles Hickel, Marine Paul, Virginie Laurent, Olivier Richard, Sybille Merceron

“…We examined the potential association between the use of TTM and the occurrence of BD after CA.Design Monocentric, retrospective study.Setting Intensive care unit, Versailles Hospital, France.Participants Comatose survivors of CA who died from BD or postanoxic encephalopathy (PAE) after 24 hours.Main outcome measures PAE deaths corresponded to withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST) due to irreversible postanoxic coma or vegetative state according to prognostication guidelines. …”
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The influence of angiospasm on the results of microsurgical treatment of cerebral arterial aneurysms in the acute period of rupture by Mykola O. Zorin, Lyudmyla A. Dzyak, Viktoriya A. Kazantseva

“…The lethality was double-fold lower in group 2 compared to group 1; no vegetative state was determined. In group 3, the lethality level was 10.4 % and was slightly lower compared to group 2. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of the Anatomy, Phenolic Profile, and Antioxidant Capacity of <i>Tussilago farfara</i> L. Vegetative Organs by Viviane Beatrice Bota, Andreea-Adriana Neamtu, Neli-Kinga Olah, Elisabeta Chișe, Ramona Flavia Burtescu, Flavia Roxana Pripon Furtuna, Alexandru-Sabin Nicula, Carmen Neamtu, Adrian-Marius Maghiar, Lăcrămioara-Carmen Ivănescu, Maria-Magdalena Zamfirache, Endre Mathe, Violeta Turcuș

“…In this article, the impact of pedoclimatic growth conditions on the morpho-anatomical development and phytochemical profile of the plant were studied on <i>T. farfara</i> in the vegetative state, collected from two different locations in the Romanian spontaneous flora, revealing significant variations. …”
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Variability of large timescale functional networks in patients with disorders of consciousness by Anjuan Gong, Qijun Wang, Qian Guo, Ying Yang, Xuewei Chen, Xiaohua Hu, Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang

“…The relative coefficient of variation (CV) of network parameters was measured to evaluate functional network variability.ResultsFunctional networks of patients with vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) showed significantly higher segregation (characteristic path length) and lower centrality (betweenness centrality) than emerging from the minimal conscious state (EMCS) and minimal conscious state (MCS), as well as lower integration (cluster coefficient) than MCS. …”
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Growth of myxococcus xanthus in continuous-flow-cell bioreactors as a method for studying development by Smaldone, Gregory T., Jin, Yujie, Whitfield, Damion L., Mu, Andrew Y., Wong, Edward C., Wuertz, Stefan, Singer, Mitchell

“…The products of these genes trigger and regulate the earliest events that drive the colony from a vegetative state to aggregates, which ultimately leads to the formation of fruiting bodies and the cellular differentiation of the individual cells. …”
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The oral vaccination with Paenibacillus larvae bacterin can decrease susceptibility to American Foulbrood infection in honey bees—A safety and efficacy study by Franziska Dickel, Franziska Dickel, Nick Maria Peter Bos, Huw Hughes, Raquel Martín-Hernández, Mariano Higes, Annette Kleiser, Dalial Freitak, Dalial Freitak

“…Antibiotics are largely ineffective in treating the disease as they are only efficient against the vegetative state. Once a hive shows the clinical manifestation of the disease, the only effective way to eradicate it and prevent the spread of the disease is by burning the hive, the equipment, and the colony. …”
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The heart versus the brain, are they also different when it comes to post-vaccination complications, insights from a systematic review of post-COVID-19 vaccines ADEM cases by Antoine AbdelMassih, Aya Kamel, Ameera Barakat, Lana Mohammad, Hanya Gaber, Yasmine Hisham Mousa, Hana Hassanein, Robert Saleb, Noha Khalil

“…Moreover, age > 56 years was more predictive of negative outcome after ADEM in the form of death or permanent vegetative state. Short conclusion The discrepancy in age, gender and number of doses needed to induce complications between ADEM and myopericarditis, signify that the tissue affected is the major orchestrator of the age, gender, and dose characteristics, and not the type of vaccines. …”
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The accuracy of different mismatch negativity amplitude representations in predicting the levels of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness by Kang Zhang, Kexin Li, Chunyun Zhang, Xiaodong Li, Shuai Han, Chuanxiang Lv, Jingwei Xie, Xiaoyu Xia, Xiaoyu Xia, Li Bie, Yongkun Guo, Yongkun Guo

“…Indeed, MMN has been validated for the diagnosis of vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) and minimally conscious state (MCS). …”
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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: Impact on Public Health, Current Insights, and Future Perspectives by Zainab Mubbashir, Zoaib Habib Tharwani, Tilyan Kambar, Sadia Munawar, Ozem Raphael, Iman Siddiqui, Syeda Ayesha Nadeem, Ayesha Amir, Amina Ahmed, Muhammad Daim Bin Zafar, Muhammad Umair Anjum, Muhammad Hasanain, Abdullah Malikzai

“…SSPE is a progressive and relatively rare neurological complication of measles, which almost always results in a vegetative state followed by death. It typically presents 10 years following exposure to measles. …”
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Possibilities and prospects for assessing pain nociception in patients with chronic disorders of consciousness by L. M. Tsentsiper, E. A. Kondratyeva, A. A. Denisova, M. I. Ajbazova, S. A. Kondratyev, I. A. Kutyreva, A. N. Kondratyev, S. A. Vostrikova, D. S. Shiryaev, I. G. Smirnova

“…Group 1 (9 patients) – vegetative state / unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS), group 2 (20 patients) – minimally conscious state (MCS) – “plus”. …”
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Comportamiento germinativo y potencial forrajero de Setaria magna (Poaceae) Germinative behavior and forage potential of Setaria magna (Poaceae) by Lorena del R. Marinoni, Juan M. Zabala, Eliana de L. Exner, José F. Pensiero

“…Some morphological traits differed significantly among genotypes on the vegetative state, while no differences were found regarding reproductive state. …”
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Mortality Predictors and Neurological Outcomes Following Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (eCPR): A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Sasa Rajsic, Helmuth Tauber, Robert Breitkopf, Corinna Velik Salchner, Fabian Mayer, Ulvi Cenk Oezpeker, Benedikt Treml

“…Of 33 survivors with documented outcomes, 30 had a good recovery as measured with Cerebral Performance Category score, 2 suffered severe disability, and 1 remained in a persistent vegetative state. Finally, multivariate analysis identified asystole as initial rhythm (HR 2.88, <i>p</i> = 0.049), prolonged CPR (HR 1.02, <i>p</i> = 0.043), and CPR on the weekend (HR 2.57, <i>p</i> = 0.032) as factors with a higher risk of mortality. …”
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Musical and electrical stimulation as intervention in disorder of consciousness (DOC) patients: A randomised cross-over trial. by Simona Spaccavento, Giulio Carraturo, Elvira Brattico, Benedetta Matarrelli, Davide Rivolta, Fabiana Montenegro, Emilia Picciola, Niels Trusbak Haumann, Kira Vibe Jespersen, Peter Vuust, Ernesto Losavio

“…<h4>Background</h4>Disorders of consciousness (DOC), i.e., unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) or vegetative state (VS) and minimally conscious state (MCS), are conditions that can arise from severe brain injury, inducing widespread functional changes. …”
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PSYCHO-VEGETATIVE "CHAOS" AS AN IMBALANCE OF HOMEOSTATIC SYSTEMS IN STUDENTS: METHODS OF ITS EARLY DIAGNOSIS by Mariana V. Maksymyak, Lesia M. Soltysik, Anna I. Ovchar, Valeriy A. Levchenko

“…The aim of the work was to study the psycho-vegetative state of students using standardized questionnaires. …”
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Analyzing brain-activation responses to auditory stimuli improves the diagnosis of a disorder of consciousness by non-linear dynamic analysis of the EEG by Sheng Qu, Xinchun Wu, Yaxiu Tang, Qi Zhang, Laigang Huang, Baojuan Cui, Shengxiu Jiao, Qiangsan Sun, Fanshuo Zeng

“…The diagnostic performance of the optimal stimulus-induced EEG classification for vegetative state (VS)/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) and minimally conscious state (MCS) was compared with the Coma Recovery Scale-Revision in 18 patients using the machine learning cascade forward backpropagation neural network model. …”
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