The vegetative state: guidance on diagnosis and management

Clin Med (Lond). 2003 May-Jun;3(3):249-54. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-3-249.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Awareness / physiology*
  • Brain Injury, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Brain Injury, Chronic / therapy
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coma / diagnosis
  • Coma / therapy
  • Decision Making
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Life Support Care / standards*
  • Life Support Care / trends
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Persistent Vegetative State / diagnosis*
  • Persistent Vegetative State / mortality
  • Persistent Vegetative State / therapy*
  • Physical Examination
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Survival Rate
  • Withholding Treatment / standards
  • Withholding Treatment / trends