Persistent vegetative state after traumatic brain injury - a case report and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Rani, Mohd Fauzi, Che Abdullah, Shahrin Tarmizi, Hashim, Hasnur Zaman
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Ibn Sina Trust 2014
• Subjects: RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37282/1/P_VEG_State_.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37282/4/scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37282/; http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJMS/article/view/19159; http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v13i3.19159

Persistent vegetative state (PVS) is a chronic neurological disorder of consciousness, in which patients appear to be awake, but show no behavioural evidence of awareness. It cannot be diagnosed with certainty and misdiagnosis is very frequent. Its management has become one of the most controversial...