Persistent Wakeful but Unaware State (PWUS)

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Public Policy of the Brain Injury Network

Policy approved by the Board 3-12-11

Persistent Wakeful But Unaware State (PWUS):

Please see Rename Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) to Persistent Wakeful but Unaware State (PWUS):

Note: Apparently as of 2017 the term "unresponsive wakefulness" has been or is being adopted by the medical community to supercede the PVS term.

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