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Dying too soon or living too long? Withdrawing treatment from patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness after Re Y

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2019
Background In the ruling in Y [2018], the UK Supreme Court has confirmed that there is no general requirement for the courts in England and Wales to authorise the withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration from patients with prolonged ...
Richard Huxtable
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On ERPs detection in disorders of consciousness rehabilitation

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013
Disorders of Consciousness (DOC) like Vegetative State (VS) and Minimally Conscious State (MCS) are clinical conditions characterized by the absence or intermittent behavioural responsiveness.
Monica eRisetti   +10 more
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Technology-aided programs for post-coma patients emerged from or in a minimally conscious state

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014
Post-coma persons in a minimally conscious state (MCS) or emerged/emerging from such state (E-MCS), who are affected by extensive motor impairment and lack of speech, may develop an active role and interact with their environment with the help of ...
Giulio E. Lancioni   +10 more
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Spontaneous Recovery from Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome to a Minimally Conscious State: Early Structural Changes Revealed by 7-T Magnetic Resonance Imaging [PDF]

open access: gold, 2018
Xufei Tan   +12 more
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Diagnostic Validity of the Basler Vegetative State Assessment - BAVESTA / Diagnostische Validität des Basler Vegetative State Assessments - BAVESTA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Professions, 2014
Clinical assessments should meet the general psychometric properties of reliability and validity. Furthermore there are requirements in matters of diagnostic validity and usability.
Huber Marion   +5 more
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Assessment of Frequency and Predictive Value of Comorbidities in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness in the Acute Setting

open access: yesNeurotrauma Reports
Medical comorbidities are frequent in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) and their impact on outcomes is under investigation. The aim of this study was to investigate patients with DoC in the acute stage and the influence of comorbidities ...
Gennaro Saporito   +8 more
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