Managing patients in a persistent vegetative state.

CPR for patients in a persistent vegetative state?

Children in a persistent vegetative state.

years of the North Karelia study the mortality from cardio-vascular disease in women aged 30 to 64 fell from 2 5 to 1-7 per 1000 person years compared with a fall from 7-7 to 6-3 in men. 19 Mortality from stroke fell in women by half, and this is likely to be sustained by the continuing fall in blood pressure .8 A 12 year follow up study in Gothenburg of 1462 women found that 13% of women at ba...

Epidemiological studies on patients with a persistent vegetative state.

Persistent vegetative state after severe brain damage was studied epidemiologically in 110 cases from 1973 to 1976. The causes of brain damage were varied. More than one-third of the cases were due to trauma, and about one-fifth were the result of vascular accidents. Three year observation revealed that 65% of the patients died during this period. Mean survival time for dead patients was 38 mon...

Dorsal column stimulation improves awareness in persistent vegetative state patients

Correspondence: Prof. Tetsuo Kanno, Department of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan. Progress in Neuroscience 2015; 3 (1-4): 97-103. ISSN: 2240-5127 doi: 10.14588/PiN.2015.Kanno.97 Copyright © 2015 by new Magazine edizioni s.r.l., via dei Mille 69, 38122 Trento, Italy.All rights reserved.www.progressneuroscience.com INTROD...

Cortical function in the persistent vegetative state.

expressed quantitative cerebral activity is crucial. The strongest evidence that supports the concept of early recovery of awareness in Menon et al.'s patient is that she ultimately recovered consciousness. Had she never regained any additional expressed qualities of attention, recognition, or interactive behavior beyond the P300 and the PET findings after another eight months (i.e. a year afte...