persistent vegetative state

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• Persistent vegetative state — ICD 9 780.03 MeSH D018458 A persistent vegetative state is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage who were in a coma, progress to a state of partial …   Wikipedia

• Persistent Vegetative State — Physiology: PVS …   Универсальный русско-английский словарь

• Minimally conscious state — Classification and external resources MeSH D018458 Minimally Conscious State (MCS) is a disorder of consciousness distinct from Persistent vegetative state and Locked in syndrome. Unlike persistent vegetative state, patients with MCS have partial …   Wikipedia

• Псевдокома (Persistent Vegetative State (Pvs)) — состояние, при котором организм человека существует подобно растению без сознания и способности к выполнению произвольных действй; причиной такого состояния является повреждение головного мозга. Иногда у людей, находящихся в таком состоянии,… …   Медицинские термины



• Terri Schiavo — Infobox Person name = Terri Schiavo caption = Terri Schiavo in hospice with her mother on August 11, 2001 birth date = birth date|1963|12|3|mf=y birth place = Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania death date = death date and… …   Wikipedia



• Ourense — For the province, see Ourense Province. Ourense Orense View of the Roman bridge in Ourense that traverses the Miño river …   Wikipedia

• Selected court cases in the Terri Schiavo case — Guardianship challengedOn February 14, 1993, Terri s husband, Michael Schiavo, and the Schindlers had a falling out; Mr. Schiavo claimed the argument arose due to his refusal to share the settlement money with the Schindlers. The Schindlers claim …   Wikipedia

• Tony Bland — Anthony David ( Tony ) Bland (21 September1970 3 March 1993) was a supporter of Liverpool football club injured in the Hillsborough disaster. He suffered severe brain damage that left him in a persistent vegetative state whereby the hospital,… …   Wikipedia

• Terri Schiavo timeline — NOTOC 1963*December 3: Terri Schindler is born in the Huntingdon Valley area of Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania.1981* Terri graduates from Archbishop Wood Catholic High School * At 200 pounds, Terri loses 60 lb. with a NutriSystem diet in a …   Wikipedia

• plant development — Introduction       a multiphasic process in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations. One form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes (gamete)), contains two sets of similar chromosomes (diploid). At sexual… …   Universalium