We here present a new name for this challenging neurological condition: unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (abbreviated UWS). DISCUSSION: Many clinicians feel uncomfortable when referring to patients as vegetative. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We here present a new name for this challenging neurological condition: unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (abbreviated UWS). Discussion Many clinicians feel uncomfortable when referring to patients as vegetative. [springermedizin.de]

• Unconsciousness

  Etiology [ ✎ edit | edit source ] Trauma - most common cause, we can usually find many damage places all around the brain cortex Diffusion anoxia - unconscious people, who can inhaled their vomit Bleeding - aneurysms Ischemia Congenital abnormalities [wikilectures.eu]

  Laureys S: Death, unconsciousness and the brain. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2005, 6: 899-909. 10.1038/nrn1789. CrossRef PubMed 46. [springermedizin.de]

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Given these concerns regarding the negative associations intrinsic to the term vegetative state as well as the diagnostic errors and their potential effect on the treatment and care for these patients (who sometimes never recover behavioral signs of consciousness [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Dolce G, Quintieri M, Serra S, Lagani V, Pignolo L: Clinical signs and early prognosis in vegetative state: a decisional tree, data-mining study. Brain Inj. 2008, 22: 617-623. 10.1080/02699050802132503. CrossRef PubMed 19. [springermedizin.de]

Etiology [ ✎ edit | edit source ] Trauma - most common cause, we can usually find many damage places all around the brain cortex Diffusion anoxia - unconscious people, who can inhaled their vomit Bleeding - aneurysms Ischemia Congenital abnormalities [wikilectures.eu]