These responses, although not visible externally, indicate understanding and consciousness. This method is particularly useful for comatose or vegetative state patients. It helps distinguish those ...

It involves people who have been in a coma – usually because of a head ... This is called being in a vegetative state, or a minimally conscious state, depending on the exact nature of their ...

Although still in a vegetatibe state, the 25-year-old has shown signs ... that she was battling for her life while in a vegetative coma, emphasizing the urgent need for funds to cover escalating ...

Clauss R and Nel W (2006) Drug induced arousal from the permanent vegetative state. NeuroRehabilitation ... Patients were scored on the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive ...

(CNN)-- A woman who has been in a vegetative state for nearly 17 years was transferred ... his daughter visited a friend who was in a coma and told him she didn't want the same thing to happen ...

The recent re-definition of vegetative state as unresponsive wakefulness syndrome ... be used for its clinical assessment. Although the Coma Recovery Scale – Revised is the most recommended ...

She is in a vegetative state, able to open her eyes and follow ... woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl while in a two-month coma induced by a car accident. However, the baby was two months ...

Brain Injury and Consciousness — ITT Episode 38: New research using functional brain imaging reveals that many patients considered to be in a coma or vegetative state and who are unresponsive ...

A patient lying in a vegetative state for over 3 years woke up after ... to check out its potential to temporarily awaken people out of coma. After the initial success, the pill has been ...