Persistent Vegetative State |
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| PVS (Persistent Vegetative State); Persistent Unawareness State; Post-Comatose Unawareness State; Post-Traumatic Unawareness State; Postcomatose Unawareness State; Posttraumatic Unawareness State; Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawareness | |
| 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. | |