[EN] Precise description of behavioral signs denoting transition from unresponsive wakefulness syndrome/vegetative state (UWS/VS) to minimally conscious state (MCS) or emergence from MCS after severe brain injury is crucial ...
[EN] Covert cognition in patients with disorders of consciousness represents a real diagnostic conundrum for clinicians. In this meta-analysis, our main objective was to identify clinical and demographic variables that are ...
[EN] Background: Research on disorders of consciousness in children is scarce and includes disparate and barely comparable participants and assessment instruments and therefore provides inconclusive information on the ...
[EN] Background and purpose: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to improve signs of consciousness in a subset of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). However, no multicentre study ...
[EN] Introduction
Altered states of consciousness have traditionally been associated with poor prognosis. At present, clinical differences between these entities are beginning to be established.
Method
Our study included ...
Schnakers, Caroline; Bauer, Chase; Formisano, Rita; Noé, Enrique; Llorens Rodríguez, Roberto; Lejeune, Nicolas; Farisco, Michele; Teixeira, Liliana; Morrissey, Ann-Marie; De Marco, Sabrina; Veeramuthu, Vigneswaran; Ilina, Kseniya; Edlow, Brian L.; Gosseries, Olivia; Zandalasini, Matteo(Frontiers Media SA, 2022-08-05)
[EN] Background: With the emergence of Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI), clinicians have been facing a new group of patients with severe acquired brain injury who are unable to show any behavioral sign of consciousness but ...
[EN] Accurate estimation of the functional independence of patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) is essential to adjust family and clinical expectations and plan long-term necessary resources. Although ...
[EN] Accurate estimation of the neurobehavioral progress of patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) is essential to anticipate their most likely clinical course and guide clinical decision making. Although ...