vegetative state, the patient is classified as being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). This diagnosis is classified as a permanent vegetative state...

Look up vegetative in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vegetative describes vegetation. Vegetative may also refer to: Vegetative reproduction, a type of...

who awoke from coma-like states, such as a persistent vegetative state, minimally conscious state, catatonic stupor, or locked-in syndrome after a lengthy...

conscious state or MCS is a disorder of consciousness distinct from persistent vegetative state and locked-in syndrome. Unlike persistent vegetative state, patients...

for 221 days due to a brain hemorrhage. He was then in a persistent vegetative state and unable to speak. He was eventually released from the hospital,...

arousal. This category generally includes minimally conscious state and persistent vegetative state, but sometimes also includes the less severe locked-in syndrome...

December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state. Schiavo's husband and legal guardian argued that Schiavo would not...

seizures she has had since she was two months old. Despite being in a vegetative state, the woman can experience pain and respond with facial gestures and...

some progress to a vegetative state or a minimally conscious state, and others die. Some patients who have entered a vegetative state go on to regain a...

the vocal cords themselves may not be paralysed. Unlike persistent vegetative state, in which the upper portions of the brain are damaged and the lower...