Back حالة إنباتية مستديمة Arabic Estáu vexetativu AST Вегетатыўны стан Byelorussian Estat vegetatiu Catalan Apalický syndrom Czech Apallisches Syndrom German Εμμένουσα φυτική κατάσταση Greek Estado vegetativo Spanish Egoera begetatibo iraunkor Basque زندگی نباتی Persian
| Vegetative state | |
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| Specialty | Neurology |
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). 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. The term unresponsive wakefulness syndrome may be used alternatively,[2] as "vegetative state" has some negative connotations among the public.[3]
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- ^ Kang, Xiao-gang; Li, Li; Wei, Dong; Xu, Xiao-xia; Zhao, Rui; Jing, Yun-yun; Su, Ying-ying; Xiong, Li-ze; Zhao, Gang; Jiang, Wen (2014). "Development of a simple score to predict outcome for unresponsive wakefulness syndrome". Critical Care. 18 (1): R37. doi:10.1186/cc13745. ISSN 1364-8535. PMC 4056750. PMID 24571596.
- ^ Laureys S, Celesia GG, Cohadon F, Lavrijsen J, León-Carrión J, Sannita WG, et al. (November 2010). "Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: a new name for the vegetative state or apallic syndrome". BMC Medicine. 8: 68. doi:10.1186/1741-7015-8-68. PMC 2987895. PMID 21040571.