The advice covers all life-threatening conditions, including heart failure, brain damage, cancer, dementia, as well as patients in a permanent vegetative state.

该项指导意见涵盖所有对生命有威胁的情况，包括心脏衰竭、脑坏死、癌症、老年痴呆症和永久性的植物人等。

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The patients were divided into dementia and nondementia groups with Mini mental state (MMSE) test.

采用简易精神状态检查法（ MMSE）评分标准分为痴呆组和非痴呆组；

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When Leo Poplar (Burt Young), a man in the early stages of dementia, is on the verge of becoming a ward of the state, Mike sees an opportunity to supplement his income by taking over guardianship.

利奥·波普勒(波特•杨饰)是一位痴呆症早期患者，眼看需要有人监护；趁此机会，迈克担当起了他的法定监护人，从而贴补自己的收入。

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The former conservative president has been placed under formal investigation, accused of accepting thousands of euros from the 90-year-old widow, the country's wealthiest woman, whom experts consider to have been in a state of dementia since at least 2006.

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The good folk of Harvard, Ashfield and other long-suffering New England towns (again, beautifully evoked here in their half-settled state) attributed these rigours to drink or dementia, and often sent out vigilantes to attack the worshippers.

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