Persistent Vegetative State
"Persistent Vegetative State" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D018458
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.140.627 C10.597.606.358.800.400 C23.888.592.604.359.800.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Persistent Vegetative State- Persistent Vegetative State
- PVS (Persistent Vegetative State)
- PVSs (Persistent Vegetative State)
- Vegetative State, Persistent
- Persistent Vegetative States
- State, Persistent Vegetative
- States, Persistent Vegetative
- Vegetative States, Persistent
- Persistent Unawareness State
- Persistent Unawareness States
- State, Persistent Unawareness
- States, Persistent Unawareness
- Unawareness State, Persistent
- Unawareness States, Persistent
Permanent Vegetative State- Permanent Vegetative State
- Permanent Vegetative States
- State, Permanent Vegetative
- States, Permanent Vegetative
- Vegetative State, Permanent
- Vegetative States, Permanent
Vegetative State- Vegetative State
- State, Vegetative
- States, Vegetative
- Vegetative States
Post-Traumatic Vegetative State- 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
- Posttraumatic Unawareness State
- Posttraumatic Unawareness States
- State, Posttraumatic Unawareness
- States, Posttraumatic Unawareness
- Unawareness State, Posttraumatic
- Unawareness States, Posttraumatic
- 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
Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawareness- Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawareness
- Post-Traumatic Unawareness, Prolonged
- Post-Traumatic Unawarenesses, Prolonged
- Prolonged Post Traumatic Unawareness
- Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawarenesses
- Unawareness, Prolonged Post-Traumatic
- Unawarenesses, Prolonged Post-Traumatic
Transient Vegetative State- Transient Vegetative State
- State, Transient Vegetative
- States, Transient Vegetative
- Transient Vegetative States
- Vegetative State, Transient
- Vegetative States, Transient
Minimally Conscious State- Minimally Conscious State
- Minimally Conscious States
- State, Minimally Conscious
- States, Minimally Conscious
Post-Comatose Unawareness State- 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
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Persistent Vegetative State" by people in Profiles.
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Functional Outcomes Over the First Year After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the Prospective, Longitudinal TRACK-TBI Study. JAMA Neurol. 2021 08 01; 78(8):982-992.
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Conceptualizations of consciousness and continuation of care among family members and health professionals caring for patients in a minimally conscious state. Disabil Rehabil. 2021 08; 43(16):2285-2294.
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A Woman in Her 30s Whose Family Becomes Distrustful After an Initial Prognosis Proves Inaccurate. Chest. 2016 Apr; 149(4):e115-7.
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Whither the "Improvement Standard"? Coverage for Severe Brain Injury after Jimmo v. Sebelius. J Law Med Ethics. 2016 03; 44(1):182-93.
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Effect of erythropoietin and transfusion threshold on neurological recovery after traumatic brain injury: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2014 Jul 02; 312(1):36-47.
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Placebo-controlled trial of amantadine for severe traumatic brain injury. N Engl J Med. 2012 Mar 01; 366(9):819-26.