Management of patients in persistent vegetative state. Economic arguments threaten all disabled people.

Persistent vegetative state: medical, ethical, religious, economic and legal perspectives.

CPR for patients in a persistent vegetative state?

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...

Patients in the persistent vegetative state: problems in their long term management.

Physicians responsible for the long term management of patients in the persistent vegetative state face several problems. These include deciding whether tube feeding is treatment or nutritional care, whether withdrawal of tube feeding is an appropriate form of management, what clinical advantage there is in active treatment; at what level of awareness can a patient be said to have a quality of ...

Psychopathological Symptoms in Caregivers of Patients With Vegetative State

Background: Taking care of patients in a vegetative state is a great challenge and affects the mental health of the caregivers. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the psychopathological symptoms in caregivers of patients with Vegetative State (VS) and determine the demographic and social predictors of the common symptoms. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in...