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Update on neuroimaging in disorders of consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
peer reviewedPurpose of review Neuroimaging has acquired a prominent place in the assessment of disorders of consciousness (DoC). Rapidly evolving technologies combined with state-of-the-art data analyses open new horizons to probe brain activity, but ...
Edlow, Brian   +6 more
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Language Assessment in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
peer reviewedThe assessment of residual language abilities in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) after severe brain injury is particularly challenging due to their limited behavioral repertoire.
Aubinet, Charlène   +2 more
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Positive LGI1 Antibodies in CSF and Relapse Relate to Worse Outcome in Anti-LGI1 Encephalitis

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
ObjectiveThis single-center study was conducted in a cohort of patients with anti-LGI1 encephalitis to investigate the factors related to their functional recovery.MethodsWe retrospectively collected the clinical information of patients admitted to ...
Li-li Cui   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spectral signatures of reorganised brain networks in disorders of consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Theoretical advances in the science of consciousness have proposed that it is concomitant with balanced cortical integration and differentiation, enabled by efficient networks of information transfer across multiple scales. Here, we apply graph theory to
Valdas Noreika (645566)   +65 more
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Severe Brain Damage: Coma and Related Disorders of Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
peer reviewedProgress in intensive care efforts has increased the number of patients who survive severe acute brain damage. Although the majority of these patients recover from coma within the first days after the insult, some permanently lose all brain ...
Gosseries, Olivia, Laureys, Steven
core   +1 more source

Indicators and criteria of consciousness: ethical implications for the care of behaviourally unresponsive patients

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2022
Background Assessing consciousness in other subjects, particularly in non-verbal and behaviourally disabled subjects (e.g., patients with disorders of consciousness), is notoriously challenging but increasingly urgent. The high rate of misdiagnosis among
Michele Farisco   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Circadian and ultradian rhythms depend on the level of consciousness in disorders of consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
peer reviewedBackground and aims: Eye opening in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) marks the onset of a cyclic pattern with and without arousal.
Thibaut, Aurore   +6 more
core  

Many Faces of the Hidden Souls: Medical and Neurological Complications and Comorbidities in Disorders of Consciousness

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2021
Early and goal-directed management of complications and comorbidities is imperative to facilitate neurorecovery and to optimize outcomes of disorders of consciousness (DoC).
Bei Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Delirium as a disorder of consciousness [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2007
Delirium is a common clinical phenomenon, often described as a disorder of consciousness. Delirium is commonly under recognised. The usual response to under recognition is to exhort practitioners to do a better job, but perhaps under recognition should instead be seen as a daily pragmatic challenge to how delirium is conceptualised.
Ravi, Bhat, Kenneth, Rockwood
openaire   +2 more sources

Taking care of patients with disorders of consciousness: Caregivers' burden and quality of life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The aim of this contribution is to present the main results of several studies that analyzed the burden of caregivers of patients with disorder of consciousness (DOC) and its impact on caregivers' life.
Covelli Venusia   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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