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Descriptor English: Persistent Vegetative State
Descriptor Spanish: Estado Vegetativo Persistente
Descriptor estado vegetativo persistente
Entry term(s) estado de mínima consciencia
estado vegetativo permanente
estado vegetativo postraumático
Scope note: El estado vegetativo hace referencia al estado neurocognitivo de individuos con daño cerebral importante en los que persisten las funciones fisiológicas (ciclos de sueño.vigilia, control autonómico y respiración) pero en el que la consciencia (incluida la función cognitiva y emociones) se halla abolida.
Descriptor Portuguese: Estado Vegetativo Persistente
Descriptor French: État végétatif persistant
Entry term(s): Minimally Conscious State
Minimally Conscious States
PVS (Persistent Vegetative State)
PVSs (Persistent Vegetative State)
Permanent Vegetative State
Permanent Vegetative States
Persistent Unawareness State
Persistent Unawareness States
Persistent Vegetative States
Post Comatose Unawareness State
Post Traumatic Unawareness State
Post Traumatic Vegetative State
Post-Comatose Unawareness State
Post-Comatose Unawareness States
Post-Traumatic Unawareness State
Post-Traumatic Unawareness States
Post-Traumatic Unawareness, Prolonged
Post-Traumatic Unawarenesses, Prolonged
Post-Traumatic Vegetative State
Post-Traumatic Vegetative States
Postcomatose Unawareness State
Postcomatose Unawareness States
Posttraumatic Unawareness State
Posttraumatic Unawareness States
Prolonged Post Traumatic Unawareness
Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawareness
Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawarenesses
State, Minimally Conscious
State, Permanent Vegetative
State, Persistent Unawareness
State, Persistent Vegetative
State, Post-Comatose Unawareness
State, Post-Traumatic Unawareness
State, Post-Traumatic Vegetative
State, Postcomatose Unawareness
State, Posttraumatic Unawareness
State, Transient Vegetative
State, Vegetative
States, Minimally Conscious
States, Permanent Vegetative
States, Persistent Unawareness
States, Persistent Vegetative
States, Post-Comatose Unawareness
States, Post-Traumatic Unawareness
States, Post-Traumatic Vegetative
States, Postcomatose Unawareness
States, Posttraumatic Unawareness
States, Transient Vegetative
States, Vegetative
Transient Vegetative State
Transient Vegetative States
Unawareness State, Persistent
Unawareness State, Post-Comatose
Unawareness State, Post-Traumatic
Unawareness State, Postcomatose
Unawareness State, Posttraumatic
Unawareness States, Persistent
Unawareness States, Post-Comatose
Unawareness States, Post-Traumatic
Unawareness States, Postcomatose
Unawareness States, Posttraumatic
Unawareness, Prolonged Post-Traumatic
Unawarenesses, Prolonged Post-Traumatic
Vegetative State
Vegetative State, Permanent
Vegetative State, Persistent
Vegetative State, Post-Traumatic
Vegetative State, Transient
Vegetative States
Vegetative States, Permanent
Vegetative States, Persistent
Vegetative States, Post-Traumatic
Vegetative States, Transient
Tree number(s): C10.228.140.140.627
C10.597.606.358.800.400
C23.888.592.604.359.800.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018458
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: see also AKINETIC MUTISM
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Coma (1972-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 1995; VEGETATIVE STATE was see COMA 1980-1994
History Note: 1995; VEGETATIVE STATE was see COMA 1980-1994
Related: Akinetic Mutism MeSH
Coma MeSH
DeCS ID: 32090
Unique ID: D018458
NLM Classification: WB 182
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/04/16
Revision Date: 2001/07/25
Persistent Vegetative State - Preferred
Concept UI M0027694
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Persistent Vegetative State
Entry term(s) PVS (Persistent Vegetative State)
PVSs (Persistent Vegetative State)
Persistent Unawareness State
Persistent Unawareness States
Persistent Vegetative States
State, Persistent Unawareness
State, Persistent Vegetative
States, Persistent Unawareness
States, Persistent Vegetative
Unawareness State, Persistent
Unawareness States, Persistent
Vegetative State, Persistent
Vegetative States, Persistent
Permanent Vegetative State - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0335847
Preferred term Permanent Vegetative State
Entry term(s) Permanent Vegetative States
State, Permanent Vegetative
States, Permanent Vegetative
Vegetative State, Permanent
Vegetative States, Permanent
Vegetative State - Broader
Concept UI M0335845
Preferred term Vegetative State
Entry term(s) State, Vegetative
States, Vegetative
Vegetative States
Post-Traumatic Vegetative State - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0335848
Preferred term Post-Traumatic Vegetative State
Entry term(s) Post Traumatic Unawareness State
Post Traumatic Vegetative State
Post-Traumatic Unawareness State
Post-Traumatic Unawareness States
Post-Traumatic Vegetative States
Posttraumatic Unawareness State
Posttraumatic Unawareness States
State, Post-Traumatic Unawareness
State, Post-Traumatic Vegetative
State, Posttraumatic Unawareness
States, Post-Traumatic Unawareness
States, Post-Traumatic Vegetative
States, Posttraumatic Unawareness
Unawareness State, Post-Traumatic
Unawareness State, Posttraumatic
Unawareness States, Post-Traumatic
Unawareness States, Posttraumatic
Vegetative State, Post-Traumatic
Vegetative States, Post-Traumatic
Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawareness - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0335850
Preferred term Prolonged Post-Traumatic Unawareness
Entry term(s) 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 - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0335851
Preferred term Transient Vegetative State
Entry term(s) State, Transient Vegetative
States, Transient Vegetative
Transient Vegetative States
Vegetative State, Transient
Vegetative States, Transient
Minimally Conscious State - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0335846
Preferred term Minimally Conscious State
Entry term(s) Minimally Conscious States
State, Minimally Conscious
States, Minimally Conscious
Post-Comatose Unawareness State - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0335849
Preferred term Post-Comatose Unawareness State
Entry term(s) Post Comatose Unawareness State
Post-Comatose Unawareness States
Postcomatose Unawareness State
Postcomatose Unawareness States
State, Post-Comatose Unawareness
State, Postcomatose Unawareness
States, Post-Comatose Unawareness
States, Postcomatose Unawareness
Unawareness State, Post-Comatose
Unawareness State, Postcomatose
Unawareness States, Post-Comatose
Unawareness States, Postcomatose



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