Persistent Vegetative State - Osmosis
网页2022年8月25日 · 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.
Coma (Persistent Vegetative State) - Cleveland Clinic
网页2023年3月6日 · When a vegetative state lasts long enough, it’s known as a persistent vegetative state (experts define a vegetative state as “persistent” when it lasts at least three months when not related to trauma and at least 12 months when related to trauma).
What Does it Mean To Be in a Vegetative State? - WebMD
网页2024年3月7日 · A vegetative state is a disorder of consciousness or an altered consciousness. It is caused by severe brain damage. Someone in a persistent vegetative state may look like they’re awake, but...
Medical Aspects of the Persistent Vegetative State
网页1994年5月26日 · 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 in patients with...
Vegetative state - Wikipedia
网页After four weeks in a vegetative state, the patient is classified as being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). This diagnosis is classified as a permanent vegetative state some months (three in the US and six in the UK) after a non-traumatic brain injury or one year after a traumatic injury.
Coma and Persistent Vegetative State - Harvard Health
网页2020年2月25日 · What are comas and persistent vegetative states? Coma is a deep and prolonged state of unconsciousness resulting from disease, injury or poisoning. The word coma usually refers to the state in which a person …
Persistent Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State
网页2015年4月3日 · The persistent vegetative state (PVS) is characterized by a lack of reproducible responses to the environment. As soon as simple responses to the environment are seen, the patient is said to be in a minimally conscious state (MCS).
Vegetative State: Diagnosis, Symptoms, Treatment & More - Healthline
网页2019年9月30日 · When an unaware and unresponsive neurological state lasts more than 4 weeks, it’s called a persistent vegetative state (PVS).
Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State
网页If a vegetative state persists, most patients die within 6 months of the original brain damage. The cause is usually pulmonary infection, urinary tract infection, or multiple organ failure, or death may be sudden and of unknown cause. For …
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) - Brain and Spinal Cord
网页A persistent vegetative state occurs when, after a coma, a patient loses cognition and can only perform certain, involuntary actions on his or her own. While some describe those in a persistent vegetative state as brain dead, in fact, the lower brain stem in PVS patients is still healthy and fully functioning.
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