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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Persistent Vegetative State" by people in Profiles.
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Devastating Delayed Leukoencephalopathy Associated with Bath Salt Inhalation. Neurocrit Care. 2016 06; 24(3):454-8.
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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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Ethical obligations and clinical goals in end-of-life care: deriving a quality-of-life construct based on the Islamic concept of accountability before God (taklif). Am J Bioeth. 2015; 15(1):3-13.
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Parental refusal of medical treatment for a newborn. Theor Med Bioeth. 2007; 28(5):427-41.
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Ethics consultants' recommendations for life-prolonging treatment of patients in persistent vegetative state: a follow-up study. J Clin Ethics. 2007; 18(1):64-71.
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Should a PVS patient be a live organ donor? Med Ethics (Burlingt Mass). 2006; 13(1):3.
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Terri Schiavo and the Roman Catholic tradition of forgoing extraordinary means of care. J Law Med Ethics. 2005; 33(2):359-62.
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The wisdom of tradition. Natl Cathol Bioeth Q. 2004; 4(3):449-50.
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Physicians' attitudes about the care of patients in the persistent vegetative state: a national survey. Ann Intern Med. 1996 Jul 15; 125(2):104-10.
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Futility and unilateral decision making: a different view. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 1993; 2(2):211-3.