Recovery to social and economic independence from prolonged postanoxic vegetative state.
If a patient is still in a vegetative state 1 month after anoxia, the prognosis for recovery is poor. We studied a patient who began to recover 7 weeks after carbon monoxide intoxication. She eventually resumed an independent life as a socially functioning and gainfully employed person.
D000328:Adult; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D012917:Social Adjustment