Nutritional Support in the Vegetative State: Articial Nutrition and H

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ABSTRACT

First described by Jennett and Plum (1972), the vegetative state is a clinical setting essentially characterized by vigilance in the absence of consciousness. The criteria for its dešnition are summarized in Table 29.1.

Nutritional Support in the Vegetative State: Articial Nutrition and Hydration in the Limbo between Life and Death

ABSTRACT

Nutritional Support in the Vegetative State: Articial Nutrition and Hydration in the Limbo between Life and Death