A vegetative state is a disorder of consciousness or an altered consciousness. It is caused by severe brain damage. Someone in a persistent vegetative state may look like they’re awake, ...

An estimated 1500–5000 patients in a persistent vegetative state are now living in Germany (1).

A nurse at the PVS Care center looks after patients in a persistent vegetative state in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] In the past five years, Xiang Jiuda quit his job as a ...

Fred Plum, a neurologist whose pioneering research advanced the understanding of consciousness and the care of comatose patients and who helped coin the term “persistent vegetative state ...

A number of recent studies have demonstrated a role for state-of-the-art neuroimaging methods in the assessment of patients in the vegetative state and other so-called 'disorders of consciousness'.

Mutism in older adults is not uncommon. It is often confused with severe depression, locked-in syndrome, and persistent vegetative state, but it is important to distinguish among them as the ...

“Persistent vegetative state” should not be used as a term for patients because it is offensive and dehumanising, a high court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Hayden issued the plea as he ruled ...