Medical Definition Persistent Vegetative State

Persistent Vegetative State: What Is It, Causes, Diagnosis and …

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A persistent vegetative state (PVS), also known as post- coma unresponsiveness (PCU), is a chronic disorder in which an individual with severe brain damage appears to be awake but shows no evidence of awareness of their surroundings.

Medical Aspects of the Persistent Vegetative State

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We define persistent vegetative state as a vegetative state present one month after acute traumatic or nontraumatic brain injury or lasting for at least one month …

Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State

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A vegetative state is absence of responsiveness and awareness due to overwhelming dysfunction of the cerebral hemispheres, with sufficient sparing of the diencephalon and …

Vegetative State: Diagnosis, Symptoms, Treatment

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persistent vegetative state a condition of profound nonresponsiveness in the wakeful state caused by brain damage at whatever level and characterized by a …

Persistent vegetative state - Wikipedia

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A persistent vegetative state (PVS) or post-coma unresponsiveness (PCU) is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state …

What Does it Mean To Be in a Vegetative State? - WebMD

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A vegetative state is the result of significant damage to parts of the brain. The cerebrum is the area of the brain responsible for consciousness. If that area gets damaged, a person …

Coma and Persistent Vegetative State - Cleveland Clinic

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Persistent vegetative state is not brain-death. An individual in a state of coma is alive but unable to move or respond to his or her environment. Coma may occur as a …

Persistent Vegetative State - an overview | ScienceDirect …

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The term persistent vegetative state describes patients who, after recovery from coma, return to a state of wakefulness without cognition. A persistent vegetative state is a …

Medical aspects of the persistent vegetative state (1)

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We define persistent vegetative state as a vegetative state present one month after acute traumatic or nontraumatic brain injury or lasting for at least one month …