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
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.140.627 C10.597.606.358.800.400 C23.888.592.604.359.800.400
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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