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- DictionaryPer·sist·ent veg·e·ta·tive state/pərˈsist(ə)nt ˈvejəˌtādiv stāt/
noun
- 1. a condition in which a medical patient is completely unresponsive to psychological and physical stimuli and displays no sign of higher brain function, being kept alive only by medical intervention.
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May 26, 1994 · 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...
Sep 30, 2019 · A vegetative state, or unaware and unresponsive state, is a specific neurological diagnosis in which a person has a functioning brain stem but no...
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 most of the rest, life expectancy is about 2 to 5 years (1).
Feb 25, 2020 · Persistent vegetative state refers to another form of altered consciousness in which the person appears to be awake but does not respond meaningfully to the outside world. In this condition, the person's eyes may be open and there may be some yawning, grunting or other vocalizations.
A vegetative state that lasts for more than 1 month is considered a persistent vegetative state. (However, other durations of time have been used, sometimes depending on the cause of the vegetative state.)
Vegetative state (VS) is defined as the state of wakefulness without subjective awareness. It is a chronic condition which can persist for years. With time, the chance to regain consciousness decreases, but cases of patients emerging very late from VS have been reported. No efficient therapy currently exists.
A vegetative state ( VS) or post-coma unresponsiveness ( PCU) [1] is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness. After four weeks in a vegetative state, the patient is classified as being in a persistent vegetative state ( PVS ).
