Prevalence and characteristics of patients in a vegetative state in Dutch nursing homes

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1420-1424

  Lavrijsen, J C M ^a,b   Van Den Bosch, J S G ^b   Koopmans, R T C M ^a   Van Weel, C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREVALENCE; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 25444449777     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.058198     Document Type: Article

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