Hydrogen inhalation promotes recovery of a patient in persistent vegetative state from intracerebral hemorrhage: A case report and literature review

Table 1 Improvements in gross motor function in the patient following hydrogen inhalation treatment

	Baseline	1 mo	2 mo	3 mo	5 mo	8 mo
Lying & rolling	0	0	0	9.8	29.41	25.49
Sitting	0	0	0	0	0	8.33
Crawling & kneeling	0	0	0	0	0	0
Standing	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walking, running & jumping	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total score	0	0	0	1.96	5.68	6.76

Table 2 Improved fine motor function scores following treatment with hydrogen gas inhalation

	2020-11-08		2020-12-08		2021-03-08
	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
Visual tracking	21	21	21	21	21	21
Upper limb joint activity	7	0	11	0	16	0
Grasping ability	9	0	15	0	20	0
Operation ability	12	0	17	0	16	0
Hand-eye coordination	17	0	28	0	27	0
Total score	51.64	29.36	59.38	29.36	61.70	29.36