persistent vegetative state

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persistent vegetative state: see under coma coma, in medicine, deep state of unconsciousness from which a person cannot be aroused even by painful stimuli. The patient cannot speak and does not respond to command.
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Med an irreversible condition, resulting from brain damage, characterized by lack of consciousness, thought, and feeling, although reflex activities (such as breathing) continue

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No references found			By providing the context for the August 1 Vatican document on hydration and nutrition for patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS), Sulmasy helps us understand the direction taken by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). Good ethics by Ostdiek, John L. / Commonweal After a month the patient is said to be in a persistent vegetative state. Dear MIRIAM: OUR SON CAN'T STIR by The Mirror (London, England) A husband is demanding an inquiry after the High Court ordered his wife, who was in a persistent vegetative state, be treated with an unproven drug against his wishes. Coma wife inquiry call by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			Persian Wars Persian wild ass Persianinov, Leonid Persianinov, Leonid Semenovich Persians Persic column persic oil Persica Persichetti, Vincent persienne persilicic Persimfans persimmon persistence persistence forecast persistence of vision persistent persistent current persistent data Persistent Form Persistent Functional Language persistent memory persistent name persistent object persistent spectral holeburning persistent vegetative state persistent virus infection persistent war gas persistent-image device persistron Persius Person Person County person of no account persona Persona Grata Persona Non Grata personal Personal Accounts personal area network personal audio recorder personal cloud Personal Communication Network Personal Communication Services personal communications network personal communications portal personal communications service personal communicator personal computer Personal Computer Memory Card International Association personal computing			Persistent Shared Object Model protocol Persistent Slip Band Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder persistent spectral holeburning Persistent Staging Area Persistent State Definition Language Persistent State World Persistent Storage Engine Persistent Storage Service Persistent Stored Modules Persistent Supravenous Erythematous Eruption persistent surveillance Persistent Surveillance Dissemination System of Systems Persistent Surveillance Test Bed Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd. Persistent Threat Detection System Persistent Toxic Substances Persistent Trigeminal Artery Variant persistent truncus arteriosus persistent truncus arteriosus persistent truncus arteriosus persistent truncus arteriosus Persistent Turn-Based Server Persistent Uniform Resource Locator Persistent Unmanned Aerial Surveillance persistent urachal ligament persistent urachus persistent urachus persistent urachus persistent vegetative state Persistent vegetative state-criteria Persistent vegetative state-criteria Persistent vegetative state-criteria persistent viremia persistent viremia persistent viremia persistent virus infection persistent vitelline artery persistent vitelline artery persistent vitelline duct persistent vitelline duct Persistent Wakeful but Unaware State persistent war gas Persistent Weak Achievement Goal Persistent world Persistent Young Offender Persistent, Purposeless Proliferation Persistent-HTTP persistent-image device Persistent-Radical Effect persistently persistently persistently persistently Persistently and Acutely Disabled Persistently Infected Persistently Infected with Border Disease Virus Persistently Low Achieving School Persistently Non-Political Podcast Persistently Normal ALT

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