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Verbal communication with unconscious patients

open access: yes, 2013
Jesus, Luis Miguel Teixeira   +2 more
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The minimally conscious state in children

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, 2002
The minimally conscious state (MCS) is a condition of severely altered consciousness in which minimal but definite behavioral evidence of self- or environmental awareness is shown. Diagnostic criteria recently have been proposed for entry into and emergence from the MCS.
Stephen, Ashwal, Ronald, Cranford
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The minimally conscious state

Neurology, 2002
To establish consensus recommendations among health care specialties for defining and establishing diagnostic criteria for the minimally conscious state (MCS).There is a subgroup of patients with severe alteration in consciousness who do not meet diagnostic criteria for coma or the vegetative state (VS).
Joseph T, Giacino   +10 more
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Zolpidem in a minimally conscious state

Brain Injury, 2008
Case reports of the use of zolpidem in Permanent Vegetative States (PVS) have led to interest by the media and court judgements defining treatment with such drugs. It is uncertain whether this paradoxical effect of zolpidem in raising consciousness may be evident in other low awareness states such as Minimally Conscious State (MCS).This study treated a
Rajiv, Singh   +6 more
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Persistent Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States

Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2009
The diagnosis and management of patients with persistent vegetative (PVS) and minimally conscious (MCS) states entail powerful medical, ethical and legal debates. The recent description of the MCS highlights the crucial role of unexpected and well-documented recoveries of cognitive functions.
Calixto, Machado, Julius, Korein
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The Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States

2008
Publisher Summary Persistent vegetative state (PVS) describes the patients who recovered from coma with periods of wakefulness but without any sign of self or environmental awareness. This emphasizes the dissociation between the still-viable vegetative functions (e.g., respiration, heart rate, blood pressure) and the complete loss of cognition.
Joseph T, Giacino, Richard, Malone
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