Vegetative state patients in Japan.

نویسندگان

  • N Kodama
  • J Suzuki
چکیده

The criteria of vegetative state patients: (1) Being unable to move by oneself (2) Being unable to eat by oneself (3) Being in the state of incontinence (4) Eyes can follow the objects but cannot recognize them. (5) Being able to react to simple demands such as "clench the hand," "open the mouth," but they cannot make more com munication. (6) Having the ability of phonation, they can not utter meaningful words. The cases fulfilling these six criteria for more than three months and showing no improve ment in spite of every possible medical effort are defined as "vegetative state patients."

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neurologia medico-chirurgica

دوره 16 PT1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1976