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A vegetative state (VS) or post-coma unresponsiveness (PCU) is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness. After four weeks in a vegetative state, the patient is classified as being in a persistent vegetative state ( PVS ).
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El “estado vegetativo persistente” o "estado de coma persistente" es la condición clínica en el cual la persona no da ningún signo evidente de conciencia de sí o del ambiente, y parece incapaz de interactuar con los demás o de reaccionar a estímulos adecuados.
El estado vegetativo persistente es un diagnóstico clínico que se debe diferenciar de otras alteraciones del nivel de conciencia (coma, muerte encefálica, enclaustramiento, mutismo acinético, fases terminales de demencia).
- J.M. Grau Veciana
- 2004
Some patients eventually gradually come out of the coma, 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 degree of awareness; and in some cases may remain in vegetative state for years or even decades (the longest recorded period is 42 years, the Aruna Shanbaug case ).
26 de may. de 1994 · We define persistent vegetative state as a vegetative state present one month after acute traumatic or nontraumatic brain injury or lasting for at least one month in patients with...
25 de ago. de 2022 · A persistent vegetative state (PVS), also known as post- coma unresponsiveness (PCU), is a chronic disorder in which an individual with severe brain damage appears to be awake but shows no evidence of awareness of their surroundings.
