Instruments for evalutation of altered states of consciousness [PDF]
Neuropsychological Trends, 2011 In recent years an increase of interest concerning the altered states of consciousness was observed. In particular literature provided a wide amount of contribution about the scales for measurement of level of responsivity.
Matteo Sozzi, Maria Grazia Inzaghi
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Sleep in disorders of consciousness: behavioral and polysomnographic recording
BMC Medicine, 2020 Background Sleep-wakefulness cycles are an essential diagnostic criterion for disorders of consciousness (DOC), differentiating prolonged DOC from coma.
Isabella Mertel +5 more
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Digital Cognitive Phenotyping for Differential Diagnosis and Monitoring in Neurological Conditions
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To assess the utility, accessibility, and equivalence to supervised scales of online cognitive assessment in older individuals with cognitive impairment. Methods Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD, n = 31), idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH, n = 26), and traumatic brain injury (TBI, n = 23) completed online cognitive ...
Martina Del Giovane +10 more
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Cerebral response to patient's own name in the vegetative and minimally conscious states [PDF]
, 2007 Background: A challenge in the management of severely brain- damaged patients with altered states of consciousness is the differential diagnosis between the vegetative state ( VS) and the minimally conscious state ( MCS), especially for the gray zone ...
Qin, P. M. +10 more
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Correction: Spectral Parameters Modulation and Source Localization of Blink-Related Alpha and Low-Beta Oscillations Differentiate Minimally Conscious State from Vegetative State/Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome [PDF]
, 2014 Correction: Spectral Parameters Modulation and Source Localization of Blink-Related Alpha and Low-Beta Oscillations Differentiate Minimally Conscious State from Vegetative State/Unresponsive Wakefulness ...
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The altered state of consciousness: clinical assessment and monitoring [PDF]
Neuropsychological Trends, 2011 Aim of this work is to provide an overview on the main clinical issues concerning disorder of consciousness (DOC). After a briefly description of the debate on clinical differences in states of altered consciousness, we report the description of clinical
Maria Grazia Inzaghi, Matteo Sozzi
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 ObjectiveThis study aimed to establish and validate a prediction model for clinical outcomes in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (pDOC).MethodsA total of 170 patients with pDOC enrolled in our rehabilitation unit were included and ...
Qi Xiong +7 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Ischemic stroke, a major cause of mortality and long‐term disability, results from the abrupt cessation of cerebral blood flow due to vascular occlusion or rupture. Icosapent Ethyl (EPA‐EE), approved for hypertriglyceridemia, has anti‐inflammatory and antithrombotic properties that may lessen ischemic damage.
Mitra Mahmoudi Meymand +5 more
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Practical Implications of the Minimally Conscious State Diagnosis in Adults [PDF]
, 2017 :This article addresses questions surrounding the minimally conscious state (MCS) from the perspective of adult clinical ethics. It describes the background of the MCS diagnosis, analyzes phenomenological ambiguities inherent in the nature of MCS, and ...
KATHERINE E. KRUSE, KAROLA V. KREITMAIR
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Changes in cerebral metabolism in patients with a minimally conscious state responding to zolpidem
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014 Background: Zolpidem, a short-acting nonbenzodiazepine GABA agonist hypnotic, has been shown to induce paradoxical responses in some patients with disorders of consciousness, leading to recovery of arousal and cognitive abilities.
Camille eChatelle +10 more
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