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Persistent Vegetative State

Vegetative state refers to the neurocognitive status of individuals with severe brain damage, in whom physiologic functions (sleep-wake cycles, autonomic control, and breathing) persist, but awareness (including all cognitive function and emotion) is abolished.

Year introduced: 1995

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Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.140.627, C10.597.606.358.800.400, C23.888.592.604.359.800.400

MeSH Unique ID: D018458

Entry Terms:

  • Persistent Unawareness State
  • Persistent Unawareness States
  • State, Persistent Unawareness
  • States, Persistent Unawareness
  • Unawareness State, Persistent
  • Unawareness States, Persistent
  • PVS (Persistent Vegetative State)
  • PVSs (Persistent Vegetative State)
  • Vegetative State, Persistent
  • Persistent Vegetative States
  • State, Persistent Vegetative
  • States, Persistent Vegetative
  • Vegetative States, Persistent
  • Vegetative State
  • States, Vegetative
  • State, Vegetative
  • Vegetative States
  • Minimally Conscious State
  • Minimally Conscious States
  • State, Minimally Conscious
  • States, Minimally Conscious
  • Permanent Vegetative State
  • Permanent Vegetative States
  • State, Permanent Vegetative
  • States, Permanent Vegetative
  • Vegetative State, Permanent
  • Vegetative States, Permanent
  • Post-Traumatic Vegetative State
  • Post Traumatic Vegetative State
  • Post-Traumatic Vegetative States
  • State, Post-Traumatic Vegetative
  • States, Post-Traumatic Vegetative
  • Vegetative State, Post-Traumatic
  • Vegetative States, Post-Traumatic
  • Post-Traumatic Unawareness State
  • Post Traumatic Unawareness State
  • Post-Traumatic Unawareness States
  • State, Post-Traumatic Unawareness
  • States, Post-Traumatic Unawareness
  • Unawareness State, Post-Traumatic
  • Unawareness States, Post-Traumatic
  • Posttraumatic Unawareness State
  • Posttraumatic Unawareness States
  • State, Posttraumatic Unawareness
  • States, Posttraumatic Unawareness
  • Unawareness State, Posttraumatic
  • Unawareness States, Posttraumatic
  • Post-Comatose Unawareness State
  • Post Comatose Unawareness State
  • Post-Comatose Unawareness States
  • State, Post-Comatose Unawareness
  • States, Post-Comatose Unawareness
  • Unawareness State, Post-Comatose
  • Unawareness States, Post-Comatose
  • Postcomatose Unawareness State
  • Postcomatose Unawareness States
  • State, Postcomatose Unawareness
  • States, Postcomatose Unawareness
  • Unawareness State, Postcomatose
  • Unawareness States, Postcomatose
  • Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawareness
  • Post-Traumatic Unawarenesses, Prolonged
  • Post-Traumatic Unawareness, Prolonged
  • Prolonged Post Traumatic Unawareness
  • Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawarenesses
  • Unawarenesses, Prolonged Post-Traumatic
  • Unawareness, Prolonged Post-Traumatic
  • Transient Vegetative State
  • States, Transient Vegetative
  • State, Transient Vegetative
  • Transient Vegetative States
  • Vegetative States, Transient
  • Vegetative State, Transient

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