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| | Persistent vegetative state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Patients in a persistent vegetative state are usually considered to be unconscious and unaware. | | | There is controversy in both the medical and legal fields as to whether this condition is irreversible. | | | This typology distinguishes various stages of the condition rather than using one term for them all. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_vegetative_state
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| | Persistent Vegetative State |
| | This state can last for more than fifteen years, however the longer a patient is in PVS the less likely they are of recovering from it. | | | PVS patients are treated to prevent infections, bed sores, and with physical therapy to prevent contractures and orthopedic disformities. | | | This can be observed because persons in a vegetative state are unable to track moving objects or fixate their vision on an object, and as a patient recovers they regain this ability. |
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http://www.cwu.edu/~chem/courses/Chem564/finalpapers/PVSfinal.html
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| | Catholic Culture : Document Library : Caring for Persons in the Persistent Vegetative State |
| | The "persistent vegetative state" is a form of deep unconsciousness. | | | However, their condition has stabilized and they are not in any immediate danger of death so long as they are given appropriate "food," which can be provided to them "artificially" by means of tubes. | | | First of all, such persons, even including those in the "persistent vegetative state," can be fed orally provided that the swallowing reflex is sufficiently unimpaired. |
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http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3481
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| | Coma - vegetative state |
| | Coma is a state of unconsciousness that is similar to deep sleep, except no amount of external stimuli (such as sounds or sensations) can prompt the brain to become awake and alert. | | | A person in a coma can't even respond to pain. | | | This includes the regulation of many functions essential to life such as heart rate, respiration and blood pressure. |
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http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Coma_vegetative_state?open
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| | THE PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF NUTRITION AND HYDRATION |
| | As stated above, the PVS individual is not dead in the holistic physiological sense. | | | Because the neocortical concept of death involves a major redefinition of death—something that the whole brain death concept does not do since it simply recognizes what always occurs at death—the scientific community has held back from accepting neocortical destruction as a sufficient definition of death. | | | Finally I will ask whether neocortical destruction may be equated with the death of the person and what response or responses may be morally acceptable in light of the findings obtained. |
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http://www.bethel.edu/~rakrob/files/PVS.html
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| | PhysiciansForLife.org |
| | The researchers were unable to identify "predictors of recovery from the "vegetative state" -- that is, there is no established test by which we can tell in advance which PVS patients will ultimately wake up. | | | Locked-in State - An article in Psychology Today, Sept/Oct 2002 by Patton Howell and James Hall tells the story of a patient suffering from a "locked-in" state. | | | As the health care profession moves rapidly towards a quality of life ethic, many coma patients may be written off as hopeless too soon. |
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http://www.physiciansforlife.org/content/view/685/33
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| | Responding to Patients in the Persistent Vegetative State - an ethical and legal dilemma. |
| | A central problem in the MSTF argument is that it equates the lack of behavioral evidence for consciousness with the absence of consciousness. | | | The MSTF reiterated this position: "Patients in a coma are unconscious because they lack both wakefulness and awareness. | | | Patients in a vegetative state are unconscious because, although they are wakeful, they lack awareness." |
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http://www.xenos.org/ministries/crossroads/donal/pvs.htm
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| | Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) |
| | It also has been suggested that these criteria be reviewed through neurologic examinations repeatedly. | | | [Gastone, CG, "Persistent Vegetative State: Clinical and Ethical Issues," Theoretical Medicine 18 (1997): 221-36.] | | | Additionally, the condition of being in a vegetative state is similar to that of other conditions that involve the absence or partial absence of awareness of self and the environment, such as coma, locked-in syndrome and akinetic mutism. |
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http://www.ascensionhealth.org/ethics/public/issues/persistent.asp
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| | WMA - Policy |
| | Persons with overwhelming damage to the cerebral hemispheres commonly pass into a chronic state of unconsciousness called the vegetative state in which the body cyclically awakens and sleeps but expresses no behavioral or cerebral metabolic evidence of possessing cognitive function or of being able to respond in a learned manner to external events or stimuli. | | | Abrupt loss of consciousness usually consists of an acute sleep-like state of unarousability called coma that may be followed either by varying degrees of recovery or severe, chronic neurologic impairment. | | | This condition of total cognitive loss can follow acute injuries causing coma or can develop more slowly as an end result of progressive structural disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, that in their end stages also can destroy the phychological function of the cerebrum. |
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http://www.wma.net/e/policy/p11.htm
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| | CBC News Indepth: Terri Schiavo |
| | Awake but not aware: a persistent vegetative state | | | A common cause of death for a patient in this condition is infection, such as pneumonia. | | | The condition is considered "persistent" because it continues in spite of medical intervention or treatment. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/schiavo/vegetative_state.html
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| | USATODAY.com - Doctors work to understand vegetative states |
| | If a patient does appear to respond, he said, the neurologist will repeat the stimulation a number of times to make sure the response was not just a well-timed but random movement. | | | Because their brain stem is still intact, people in a vegetative state can follow things with their eyes, but only slightly to the left or to the right, Bernat said. | | | To make a diagnosis of persistent vegetative state, Bernat said, "there really has to be zero evidence of any responsiveness that suggests awareness." |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-20-schiavo-inside_x.htm
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| | Links on Schiavo and Persistent Vegetative State » Outside The Beltway |
| | It can appear as if you are aware, but it's a state of unconsciousness." How can a patient be awake but unaware? | | | Accepting that a loved one is brain-damaged beyond recovery, that he or she is in a "persistent vegetative state," incapable of thought or emotion, is all but impossible for many people, for reasons that go deeper than the fear of loss. | | | A lifetime of intimate familiarity with a person, unresolved feelings of guilt, psychological projection of personal needs - all of these conspire to reject a hopeless diagnosis, no matter how medically certain it may be, psychologists say. |
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http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/9742
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| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Medical examiner: Shiavo autopsy shows massive brain damage, no sign of ... |
| | Over the years, the Schindlers had sought independent investigation of their daughter's condition and what caused it. | | | Michael Schiavo said his wife never would have wanted to be kept alive in what court-appointed doctors concluded was a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. | | | He said they plan to discuss the autopsy with other medical experts and may take some unspecified legal action. |
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050615-1157-schiavoautopsy.html
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| | Definition of persistent vegetative state available from American Academy of Neurology |
| | In 1995 the AAN published a practice parameter about the assessment and management of patients in the persistent vegetative state. | | | The AAN Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee (formerly known as Ethics and Humanities Subcommittee) published an approved position paper in 1989 about certain aspects of the care and management of patients in the persistent vegetative state. | | | The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has received many inquiries from the press regarding the definition of persistent vegetative state in light of the Terri Schiavo case. |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-03/aaon-dop032205.php
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| | Neurologists: Terri Schiavo Not in Persistent Vegetative State |
| | "Some patients who have come out of PVS have stated that their mind was in a prison but they knew what was going on around them." | | | Meanwhile, Dr. William Cheshire of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, also believed Terri is minimally conscious rather than a PVS patient. | | | Fins indicated Terri's condition amy have been misdiagnosed and that she was more likely in a state of minimal consciousness rather than a PVS patient as courts and many media outlets have alleged. |
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http://www.lifenews.com/bio833.html
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| | March 25, 2005, Hour One: Plant Genetics / Persistent Vegetative State |
| | How does it differ from other conditions, such as coma? | | | This week, the battle over the medical treatment of Terri Schiavo continued, with legislation, court cases, and maneuvering for position on all sides. | | | CNN.com - Cohen: Mental states are clearly defined - Mar 23, 2005 |
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http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2005/Mar/hour1_032505.html
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| | Introduction: Persistent Vegetative State - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Persistent Vegetative State information: A persistent vegetative state, which sometimes follows a coma, refers to a condition in which individuals have lost cognitive neurological function and awareness of the environment but retain noncognitive function and a perserved sleep-wake cycle. | | | Treatments for Persistent Vegetative State: Various information is available about treatments available for Persistent Vegetative State, or research treatments for other diseases. | | | Persistent Vegetative State information: Physically alive with basic mental function but without high mental capacity. |
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http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/p/persistent_vegetative_state/intro.htm
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| | Misdiagnosing PVS :: Medical Issues :: BlogsforTerri |
| | Unless she is given the benefit of the type of therapy these test patients received we will never know. | | | The vegetative state needs considerable skill to diagnose, requiring assessment over a period of time; diagnosis cannot be made, even by the most experienced clinician, from a bedside assessment. | | | Credits: Misdiagnosis of the vegetative state: retrospective study in a rehabilitation unit, Keith Andrews, director of medical services; Lesley Murphy, senior clinical psychologist; Ros Munday, senior occupational therapist; Clare Littlewood, senior occupational therapist; Royal Hospital for Neurodisability, London |
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http://www.blogsforterri.com/archives/2005/03/misdiagnosing_p.php
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| | She Recovered From A Persistent Vegetative State |
| | She was in a vegetative state after suffering a stroke. | | | She was, in fact, operated on at one point, and they treated her as though she was a vegetable, didn't give her enough anesthetic, and she felt the entire operation. | | | Schiavo's husband wants her to die, and so do many in the State of Florida. |
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http://www.rense.com/general44/vege.htm
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| | The New York Times > National > Feeding-Tube Case Roils Washington and Florida |
| | Schiavo, 41, is in a "persistent vegetative state," meaning damage to her cerebral cortex has made her incapable of emotion, memory or thought. | | | The Senate bill was similar but would apply only when a family dispute arose about a patient's wishes. | | | Earlier, the State House of Representatives passed a bill to block the tube's removal, though legal scholars and even some lawmakers who voted for the bill questioned its constitutionality. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/18/national/18schiavo.html?ex=1268802000&en=2746620cfc5bc8f4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt
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| | CNN.com - House passes Schiavo bill - Mar 21, 2005 |
| | Some people might regain some awareness after being in a persistent vegetative state, but others might remain in the state for decades. | | | This term is commonly, but incorrectly, referred to as "brain-death." It can follow a coma. | | | People in a persistent vegetative state cannot think, speak or respond to commands and are not aware of their surroundings. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/20/schiavo
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| | United Vegetative States of America |
| | Why else would they reelect this gang of criminals and thus be responsible for the carnage by default. | | | Why can't they see the horrendous atrocities that the United States military is visiting upon unarmed Iraqis who never posed any danger to their beloved country? | | | The American writer Lee Harris was spot on the dot in his article “Good American Hypocrisy” when he wrote, "America’s current critics need to recognize that in pursuing its self-interest the United States is hardly unique--what singles us out from among nations is our obdurate hypocrisy. |
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http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/040605Anwaar.html
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| | MedlinePlus: Head and Brain Injuries |
| | Coma and Persistent Vegetative State (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/headandbraininjuries.html
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| | Misdiagnosing PVS - Cranford and Terri Schiavo :: Euthanasia :: ProLifeBlogs |
| | Lastly, I note that numerous individuals have written to me with their testimony of loved ones who have been diagnosed as PVS or have been rehabilited after being in PVS. | | | Dr. Ronald Cranford gave the same confident opinion ("105 percent sure") of his diagnosis of a patient he examined in 1980 who later regained consciousness and the ability to communicate. | | | Had he done so, he would have been told that the scan cannot be used to diagnose PVS and resembled that of an elderly person suffering senility but completely conscious [more]. |
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http://www.prolifeblogs.com/articles/archives/2005/04/misdiagnosing_p.php
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| | PERRspectives Blog: McClellan in a Persistent Vegetative State? |
| | Visit the Contact page to report problems with the site. | | | His July 13 contribution on the Karl Rove affair is no exception: | | | Bad Reporter, which appears twice a week in the San Francisco Chronicle, is brutally direct, often offensive and consistently irreverent. |
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http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000217.htm
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