Persistent Vegetative State
| Definition: |
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. |
| Notes: |
see also AKINETIC MUTISM |
| Also Called: |
Minimally Conscious State,Permanent Vegetative State,Post-Comatose Unawareness State,Post-Traumatic Vegetative State,Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawareness,Transient Vegetative State,Vegetative State |
| Previously Indexed: |
Coma (1972-1994) |
Persistent Vegetative State Definitions and Terms
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