41. THE PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF NUTRITION THE persistent vegetative state AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF NUTRITION ANDHYDRATION. JETS 35/3 (September 1992) 389405. Robert V. Rakestraw. http://www.bethel.edu/~rakrob/files/PVS.html

42. World Federation Of Right To Die Societies: Faqs Euthanasia. Hospice. Informed Consent. Living will. Medical Futility. Mental Incapacity.Palliative Care. persistent vegetative state. persistent vegetative state. http://www.worldrtd.net/faqs/tnd/?id=56

43. InteliHealth: Coma And persistent vegetative state. Health A to Z, Reviewed by the Facultyof Harvard Medical School Coma And persistent vegetative state http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/29843.html

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44. She Recovered From A Persistent Vegetative State Rense.com She Recovered From A persistent vegetative state www.foxnews.com119-3 This is a partial transcript from The O Reilly http://www.rense.com/general44/vege.htm

Rense.com She Recovered From A Persistent Vegetative State www.foxnews.com This is a partial transcript from The O'Reilly Factor, November 5, 2003 BILL O'REILLY, HOST: In the Back of the Book segment tonight, the parents of Terri Schiavo are hoping for a miracle. Their daughter has been in a vegetative state for 13 years, as you know. Ms. Schiavo's husband wants her to die, and so do many in the State of Florida. But listen to this. In 1995, Kate Adamson was in a similar position. She was in a vegetative state after suffering a stroke. For almost 70 days, she was totally unresponsive. Doctors finally pulled her feeding tube. And, for eight days, she was dying. Then Ms. Adamson began responding on her own. Doctors quickly put the feeding tube back in, and she recovered. Joining us now from Los Angeles is Kate Adamson and her husband, Steven Klugman. Ms. Adamson has written a book called Kate's Journey: Triumph Over Adversity. So, in the Schiavo case, Ms. Adamson, you must have very strong feelings about that. KATE ADAMSON, AUTHOR, KATE'S JOURNEY: TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY: Yes, I do. I have a huge prospective on what Terri is going through.

45. Low Awareness+persistent Vegetative State // A Comprehensive low awareness+persistent vegetative state Through this website, developed by theBrain Injury Resource Foundation, the expertise and experience of our brain http://www.birf.info/mz/wala-low-awareness persistent-vegetative-state-74841.htm

46. Diagnoses Of Persistent Vegetative State // A Comprehensive Resource diagnoses of persistent vegetative state Through this website, developed by theBrain Injury Resource Foundation, the expertise and experience of our brain http://www.birf.info/mz/wala-diagnoses-of-persistent-vegetative-state-91272.html

diagnoses of persistent vegetative state Information on diagnoses of persistent vegetative state . Visit our website to learn about diagnoses of persistent vegetative state. A resource for diagnoses of persistent vegetative state. diagnoses of persistent vegetative state - Resources degenerative brain damage diagnoses of persistent vegetative state delayed symptoms of brain damage dementia caregivers ... dictionnaire neuroscience It is our privilege to walk along side you in this journey. - The Brain Injury Resource Foundation Who We Are: The Brain Injury Resource Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization working together with families and professionals since 1982 to provide education, advocacy and support for those affected by brain injury. Our mission is to empower individuals with brain injury by making available resources that may improve of the quality of their lives. The name of the organization was changed from "The Brain Injury Association of Georgia" to "The Brain Injury Resource Foundation" in June 2003 to reflect the international reach of our web-based Brain Injury Resource Center (BIRC). We continue to offer hands-on services to those with brain injury in the state of Georgia. What We Do: We carry out our mission by providing: brain injury SI

47. Removing Feeding Tubes From Patients In A Persistent Vegetative State Removing Feeding Tubes from Patients in a persistent vegetative state.Kenneth I. Kolpan, PC. With advances in the medical treatment http://library.lp.findlaw.com/articles/file/00733/001362/title/Subject/topic/Hea

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48. 00NIH.HTM Coma, Including persistent vegetative state. What is Coma, including PersistentVegetative State? A coma is a profound or deep state of unconsciousness. http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1200/1265.asp?index=6007&

49. The Paly Voice: Persistent Vegetative State Raises Ethical Questions persistent vegetative state Raises Ethical Questions. Someone in a persistentvegetative state, however, is in the hospital for years at a time. http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=1151

50. University Of Minnesota Human Rights Library -- Links World Medical Association, Statement on persistent vegetative state (1989).Adopted by problem. persistent vegetative state. Pathologic http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/vegetativestate.html

World Medical Association, Statement on Persistent Vegetative State (1989). Adopted by the 41st World Medical Assembly Hong Kong, September 1989 Preamble Present requirements of health reporting fails to provide an accurate estimate of the incidence and prevalence of worldwide individuals in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Ten years ago, a prevalence of 2 to 3 per 100,000 was estimated for Japan. It seems likely that the absolute number of such cases has risen appreciably as a consequence of current practices in critical medicine, cardiorespiratory support, parenteral feeding, and control of infections in severely brain damaged patients. How to deal with this emotionally painful, financially costly, and generally unwanted outcome of modern medical treatment is an increasing problem. Persistent Vegetative State Recovery Once qualified clinicians have determined that a person is awake but unaware, the permanence of the vegetative state depends on the nature of the brain injury, the duration of the period of unawareness, and the estimated prognosis. Some persons less than 35 years old with coma after head trauma, as well as an occasional patient with coma after intracranial hemorrhage, may recover very slowly; thus, what appears to be a PVS at one to three months after an event causing coma may in rare cases evolve into a lesser degree of impairment by six months. On the other hand, the chances of regaining independence after being vegetative for three months are vanishingly small. Rare exceptions are claimed, but some of these may have represented patients who entered an unrecognized locked-in state shortly after reawakening from a coma-causing injury. Ultimately, all have been severely disabled.

51. Persistent Vegetative State Slide 33 of 36. Go to slide 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/slide3/slide33.htm

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52. Penn State Faculty Research Expertise Database (FRED) , Persistent.PVS (persistent vegetative state), Persistent Unawareness State.......Faculty Research Expertise Database. persistent vegetative state. http://fred.hmc.psu.edu/ds/retrieve/fred/meshdescriptor/D018458

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54. Euthanasia In Cases Of A Persistent Vegetative State - Discussion And Comments - Euthanasia in Cases of a persistent vegetative state. Comment by MaynardS. Clark (2 Apr 2000) The issue of prolonging life is a http://www.all-creatures.org/discuss/euthanasia.html

all-creatures.org ARCHIVES OF COMMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Home Page Archives Table of Contents Euthanasia in Cases of a Persistent Vegetative State Comment by Maynard S. Clark (2 Apr 2000): The issue of prolonging life is a very complex one, and this issue is brought up in a number of ethical thinkers in the vegetarian movement, most notably Dr. Peter Singer at the Princeton Center for Bioethics (New Jersey). Many handicapped, senior rights, and prolife groups have picketed Singer at Princeton (and elsewhere) and even at Harvard Medical School (where I heard him several weeks ago). As you probably know, even the diagnosis of persistent vegetative state is a difficult one and the brain injury literature is full of information on its frequent misdiagnosis. Almost every person who has sustained a severe brain injury has had their family told by competent medical personnel that their loved one is going to die ... and in the unlikely case that "such an one" should live, s/he would be (likened unto) a "vegetable" with an unacceptable quality of life. Despite this pessimistic diagnosis, the brain injury rehabilitation programs across the United States are full of patients, young and old, who somehow "beat the odds" and recover.

55. Health 24 ....... Brain stores knowledge and colour separately. Coma and persistent vegetative state.Did you know that ? Coma and persistent vegetative state. http://www.health24.com/centre.asp?action=centerarticle&show=boompie&Boompieid=2

56. Persistent Vegetative State MCW HealthLink A look at coma and persistent vegetative state. Responding to Patientsin the persistent vegetative state - An Ethical and Legal Dilemma. http://www.thenewhealthfind.com/Health/ConditionsandDiseases/NeurologicalDisorde

Directory Home Health Conditions and Diseases Neurological Disorders ... Chronic Damage : Persistent Vegetative State (5) MCW HealthLink - A look at coma and persistent vegetative state. Includes a discussion on treatments and prognosis. The Persistent Vegetative State - Addresses the medical facts, describes the landmark cases that have led to research into this condition, defends the position that it is ethical and moral to discontinue life-sustaining treatment of patients, and offers links to other sources of information concerning this condition. NINDS Information Page - Coma and persistent vegetative state data compiled by The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Responding to Patients in the Persistent Vegetative State - An Ethical and Legal Dilemma. - This article was published in Philosophia Christi 19.2 (Fall 1996): 55-83. This journal is a publication of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. World Medical Association - WMA policy: Statement on persistent vegetative state. Includes a definition, recovery and guidelines. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.

57. Terri Schiavo: Persistent Vegetative State Or Involuntary Euthanasia? The media have described Terri s condition as a Persistent VegetativeState. However there is considerable dispute over that description. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2964/TerriSchiavo.htm

I am sure most of you have followed the news about Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who suffered brain damage when she was 26 years old. Last Wednesday (Oct 15) a judge gave an order for the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. Unless nutrition and hydration are restored, Terri will die within 10 days to 2 weeks. The media have described Terri's condition as a "Persistent Vegetative State." However there is considerable dispute over that description. According to family members, “Terri recognizes voices and responds. At times, she vocalizes sounds, trying in her best way to speak. Terri is not a brain dead vegetable as characterized by her husband and legal guardian, Michael Schiavo nor a houseplant as implied by his attorney.” On October 14, Terri's parents released a videotape that indicates that Terri is in nothing like a PVS. According to Pete Vere, a canon lawyer who specializes in the rights of mentally and cognitively disabled, “This is just a sad day for every Catholic concerned with the Culture of Life and the rights of those with some form of cognitive or mental disability. Not only is the state sanctioning involuntary euthanasia, but this sets an awful precedent in which society judges an individual by his or her perceived utility. God created us human beings, not human doings. All human life is valuable in His eyes. I am particularly concerned for those who suffer from more severe forms of cognitive and mental disability. Under this new utilitarian ethic and definition of human life, will their right to life be challenged as well? In terms of mental and cognitive capacity, how far are they removed from Terri?”

58. Figure 8. Percent Of Adults Refusing Selected Treatments In Hypothetical Health Figure 8. Percent of Adults Refusing Selected Treatments in Hypothetical Health Scenariosof Coma with a Chance of Recovery or a persistent vegetative state a http://www.ahrq.gov/research/endliferia/endfig8txt.htm

Figure 8. Percent of Adults Refusing Selected Treatments in Hypothetical Health Scenarios of Coma with a Chance of Recovery or a Persistent Vegetative State a (Text Description) Percent of adults refusing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for hypothetical health scenario of coma with a chance of recovery: 55. Percent of adults refusing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for hypothetical health scenario of a persistent vegetative state: 83. Percent of adults refusing mechanical respiration for hypothetical health scenario of coma with a chance of recovery: 55. Percent of adults refusing mechanical respiration for hypothetical health scenario of a persistent vegetative state: 80. Percent of adults refusing intravenous fluids for hypothetical health scenario of coma with a chance of recovery: 51. Percent of adults refusing intravenous fluids for hypothetical health scenario of a persistent vegetative state: 77. Percent of adults refusing artificial nutrition for hypothetical health scenario of coma with a chance of recovery: 60. Percent of adults refusing artificial nutrition for hypothetical health scenario of a persistent vegetative state: 80.

59. Medicina Intensiva: Summary: Monday 1 March 2004. Número 03- Volumen 28 persistent vegetative state secondary to anoxia in the Intensive Care Unit. Thepersistent vegetative state. Clinical features 108 JM Grau Veciana. http://db.doyma.es/cgi-bin/wdbcgi.exe/doyma/mrevista.indice_revista_ingles?piden

60. American Family Physician: Predicting Recovery From Post-Traumatic Vegetative St Caring for patients in a persistent vegetative state is one of the mostdemanding duties faced by families and health care professionals. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m3225/8_58/53390457/p1/article.jhtml

@import url(/css/us/style.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); Advanced Search Home Help IN all publications this publication Health Automotive Business Computing Entertainment Health News Reference Sports YOU ARE HERE Articles American Family Physician Nov 15, 1998 Content provided in partnership with Print friendly Tell a friend Find subscription deals Predicting Recovery from Post-Traumatic Vegetative State American Family Physician Nov 15, 1998 by Anne D. Walling The study included 80 patients who were admitted to a trauma and rehabilitation center as a result of closed head injury between 1988 and 1996. The patients were in a subacute vegetative state that continued for at least six to eight weeks following the injury. Full clinical assessment with MRI was performed six to eight weeks after the injury. Clinical assessment, including documentation of the patient's score on the Glasgow Coma Scale, was repeated at two, three, six, nine and 12 months following the injury. International diagnostic criteria were used to define vegetative state; persistent vegetative state was defined as a vegetative state that had endured for at least 12 months following injury. MRIs were interpreted by three independent neuroradiologists who were unaware of the clinical findings or medical histories of the patients. The most common cause of head injury was motor vehicle accident. Patients who remained in a persistent vegetative state did not differ from those who recovered in terms of age, sex or initial score on the Glasgow Coma Scale. The two groups were also comparable in terms of medical complications or surgical intervention for evacuation of subdural or epidural hematoma. Of the 38 patients who recovered, 24 patients showed signs of recovery within three months, and 36 patients showed signs of recovery within six months of the injury. One half of those who recovered from vegetative states had a moderate disability. In general, better outcomes were associated with earlier signs of recovery.

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