Vegetative state
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A persistent vegetative state is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness. It is a diagnosis of some uncertainty in that it deals with a syndrome. After four weeks in a vegetative state (VS), the patient is classified as in a persistent vegetative state. This diagnosis is classified as a permanent vegetative state (PVS) after approximately one year of being in a vegetative state.
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See also
- Locked-in syndrome
- Process Oriented Coma Work, for an approach to working with residual consciousness in patients in comatose and persistent vegetative states
- Brain death
- Botulism
- Catatonia
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