Features of surgical treatment of cerebellar astrocytomas in children of the first years of life by Andrii Shaverskyi, Yuriy Orlov, Leonid Marushchenko, Viktor Morgun

“…The good quality of life was noted in 21 (32.3%) of the children, satisfactory in 35 (53.8%), poor in 7 (10.8%) and the vegetative state in 2 (3.1%) children.Conclusions: The amount of removal of the tumor, the degree of malignancy, presence of cystic components affect the quality and duration of life of children of early age with cerebellar astrocytomas.…”
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E-Bikes (Electrical Bicycles and Scooters) Related Neurosurgical Injuries in the Adult Population: A Single-Center Experience by Carla Richetta, Yevgeny Karepov

“…Three patients died, and 1 remained in a vegetative state. Median Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E) score at follow-up was 7.1. …”
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Lumboperitoneal shunts for the treatment of post-traumatic hydrocephalus by Fu-Mei Chen, Ke Wang, Liang Gao, Xu-Dong Yao

“…Before lumboperitoneal shunt, 24 (70.58%) patients had a GOS score of 4 (vegetative state), and 10 (29.42%) patients had a GOS score of 3 (severe disabled). …”
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Clinical diagnosis guidelines and neurorestorative treatment for chronic disorders of consciousness (2021 China version) by Yusheng Li, Jianghong He, Bo Yang, Hui Zhang, Zhonghua Yang, Jianhui Fu, Lian Huang, Hong Chen, Xiaofeng Yang, Yijun Bao

“…Chronic disorders of consciousness (DOC) include the vegetative state and the minimally consciousness state. …”
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Orthostatic Hemodynamic Changes in Brain Damage by V. N. Dorogovtsev, I. V. Molchanov, D. S. Yankevich

“…We studied 30 patients (10 women and 20 men) with chronic disorders of consciousness after severe brain damage aged 45±7 years, 10 of which were in the vegetative state (VS) and 20 had the minimally conscious state (MCS). …”
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Catastrophic Brain Aspergillosis after Liver Transplantation by Mohammadmahdi Abbasi, Shirin Shams Ardakani, Nasir Fakhar, Hamid Eshaghi, Hosein Alimadadi, Toktam Faghihi, Behdad Gharib, Meisam Sharifzadeh, Masoomeh Safaei

“…His symptoms were resolved but unfortunately, brain lesions caused persistent vegetative state. Discussion. Aspergillus is a ubiquitous organism that mainly occurs in immunocompromised patients. …”
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Brain connectivity in pathological and pharmacological coma by Quentin Noirhomme, Andrea Soddu, Rémy Lehembre, Rémy Lehembre, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Pierre Boveroux, Pierre Boveroux, Mélanie Boly, Steven Laureys

“…Functional neuroimaging studies have shown preserved albeit disconnected low level cortical activation in response to external stimulation in patients in a vegetative state or unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. …”
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Urban people’s preferences for life-sustaining treatment or artificial nutrition and hydration in advance decisions by Yi-Ling Wu, Tsai-Wen Lin, Chun-Yi Yang, Samuel Shih-Chih Wang, Sheng-Jean Huang

“…This legal framework allows for the withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (LST) or artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) in situations like irreversible coma, vegetative state, severe dementia, or unbearable pain. …”
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Automatic nutrient estimator: distributing nutrient solution in hydroponic plants based on plant growth by Tupili Sangeetha, Ezhumalai Periyathambi

“…Results The experimental results reveal that the Growth Stage Identification algorithm obtains 97.5% accuracy for the first 5 weeks with 1,715 ppm of nutrition ingestion, identifying the vegetative state. The flowering stage is identified with 97.5% accuracy in the 6–9th week with 2,380 ppm of nutrition consumption, and the fruiting location is determined with 99.4% accuracy in the last 10–15th week with 2,730 ppm of nutrition consumption.…”
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Effectiveness of a Very Early Stepping Verticalization Protocol in Severe Acquired Brain Injured Patients: A Randomized Pilot Study in ICU. by Giuseppe Frazzitta, Ilaria Zivi, Roberto Valsecchi, Sara Bonini, Sara Maffia, Katia Molatore, Luca Sebastianelli, Alessio Zarucchi, Diana Matteri, Giuseppe Ercoli, Roberto Maestri, Leopold Saltuari

“…We evaluated the effectiveness of a very early stepping verticalization protocol on their functional and neurological outcome.Consecutive patients with Vegetative State or Minimally Conscious State were enrolled in ICU on the third day after an ABI. …”
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Long-term functional outcomes improved with deep brain stimulation in patients with disorders of consciousness by Jizong Zhao, Xin Xu, Yi Yang, Qiheng He, Yuanyuan Dang, Xiaoyu Xia, Xueling Chen, Jianghong He

“…DBS had significantly better effects in patients with minimally conscious state (MCS) compared with patients with vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (p for interaction <0.001). …”
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Outcomes of Traumatic Brain-Injured Patients With Glasgow Coma Scale < 5 and Bilateral Dilated Pupils Undergoing Decompressive Craniectomy by Zhiji Tang, Ruijin Yang, Jinshi Zhang, Qianliang Huang, Xiaoping Zhou, Wenjin Wei, Qiuhua Jiang

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the factors associated with 30-day mortality and 6-month negative neurological outcome {defined as death or vegetative state [Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) score 1–2]}.Results: A total of 94 sTBI patients with bilateral dilated pupils and a GCS score lower than five who underwent emergency DC were enrolled. …”
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One-year results in elderly patients with severe head injury by Ming-Hsiu Lin, Lee-Jen Wu Suen, Chia-Hao Chang, Tsung-Chih Tsai, Chih-Cheng Lu

“…Conclusion: Older adults with severe head injuries often face disability, a vegetative state, or death. In this study, those who underwent brain surgery had better survival, and 27.6% (16/58) of those who survived were able to live independently after 1 year.…”
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The influence of short-term climate fluctuations on the reproductive capacity of woody plants in St. Petersburg by G. A. Firsov, K. G. Tkachenko, A. V. Volchanskaya, I. V. Fadeeva

“…For the period 2001–2022 238 species entered the reproductive state, many of which had previously been in a vegetative state for decades. The improvement in the reproductive sphere of plants is especially noticeable after the abnormally warm winter of 2006/07; it intensified in 2015. …”
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Clinical effect of short-term spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of patients with primary brainstem hemorrhage-induced disorders of consciousness by Weilong Huang, Qiang Chen, Lin Liu, Jianhong Tang, Hua Zhou, Zhiji Tang, Qing Jiang, Tao Li, Jianwu Liu, Dong Wang

“…Approximately 75% (3/4) of patients with minimally conscious state plus (MCS+) improved to emergence from MCS (eMCS), and 50% (1/2) of patients with vegetative state or unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) improved to MCS+.ConclusionIn PBSH-induced DOC, st-SCS is a safe and effective treatment. …”
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Selection of CT variables and prognostic models for outcome prediction in patients with traumatic brain injury by Djino Khaki, Virpi Hietanen, Alba Corell, Helena Odenstedt Hergès, Johan Ljungqvist

“…GOS after one year showed good recovery in 15.8%, moderate disability in 27.2%, severe disability in 24.7%, vegetative state in 1.3% and death in 29.7%. When adding the variables from the IMPACT base model to the CT scoring systems, the Stockholm CT score yielded the strongest relationship to actual outcome. …”
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Zygospores of the green alga Spirogyra: new insights from structural and chemical imaging by Charlotte Permann, Notburga Gierlinger, Andreas Holzinger

“…Both, the newly discovered special three-dimensional arrangement of microfibrils and the integration of highly resistant components in the cell wall are not found in the vegetative state. The variety of methods gave a comprehensive view on the intricate zygospore cell wall and its potential key role in the terrestrial colonization and plant evolution is discussed.…”
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Effects of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring on Outcome of Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury; Results of a Historical Cohort Study by Abdolkarim Rahmanian, Ali Haghnegahdar, Abdolvahab Rahmanian, Fariborz Ghaffarpasand

“…We found that the mortality rate (28.3% vs. 11.6%; p=0.172) as well as the frequency of persistent vegetative state (5.0% vs. 5.0%; p=0.998) were comparable between two study groups. …”
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Current Treatment of Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms: Single Center Study by Ondřej Navrátil, Kamil Ďuriš, Vilém Juráň, Karel Svoboda, Jakub Hustý, Evžen Hovorka, Eduard Neuman, Andrej Mrlian, Martin Smrčka

“…Out of the whole series, a good recovery occurred in 123 patients (62%), moderate disability in 11 (5.5%), severe disability in 19 (10%), vegetative state in 11 (5.5%), and death in 34 (17%). In the 157 patients (72.5%) with a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), both modalities had a favorable outcome: 27.5% had an unfavorable outcome, 12% had complications in surgery versus 17.6% during endovascular treatment. …”
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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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