Meta-analysis of the diagnostic value of functional magnetic resonance imaging for distinguishing unresponsive wakefulness syndrome/vegetative state and minimally conscious state. [PDF]
Front NeurosciZheng H, Tian L, Cai J.
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NeuroRehabilitation: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014 Objective: Can stimulation of nerve growth factors by focused transcranial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (TESWT) be made effective for persons within unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (apallic syndrome)? Design: Between eight and 18 years after the brain lesion, five patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome of differing severity received ...
H. Lohse-Busch, U. Reime, R. Falland
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Assessing Command-Following and Communication With Vibro-Tactile P300 Brain-Computer Interface Tools in Patients With Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome. [PDF]
Front Neurosci, 2018 Guger C +13 more
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Study protocol: Developing telephone follow-up scale for patients with disorders of consciousness
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundThe significant lack of rehabilitation prognostic data is the main reason that affects the treatment decision-making and ethical issues of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC).
Fangfang Shou +7 more
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EEG to Identify Attempted Movement in Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 2020 Assessment of consciousness following severe brain-injury is challenging. Our hypothesis is that electroencephalography (EEG) can provide information on awareness, in terms of oscillatory activity and network task–related modifications, in people with disorders of consciousness.
Emanuela Formaggio +9 more
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Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2021 Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a general method to estimate the minimal number of repeated examinations needed to detect patients with random responsiveness, given a limited rate of missed diagnosis.Methods: Basic statistical theory was ...
Hao Yang +11 more
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The vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: a systematic review of prevalence studies [PDF]
European Journal of Neurology, 2014 One of the worst outcomes of acquired brain injury is the vegetative state, recently renamed ‘unresponsive wakefulness syndrome’ (VS/UWS). A patient in VS/UWS shows reflexive behaviour such as spontaneous eye opening and breathing, but no signs of awareness of the self or the environment.
Willemijn S. van Erp +5 more
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Reflections on Consciousness in Intensive Care. [PDF]
Acta PaediatrABSTRACT Evaluating consciousness in intensive care is pivotal to relieving suffering with analgesic or sedative drugs and in prognosis and diagnoses. The usual clinical perspective is to equate consciousness with responsiveness, assuming functional motor responses and sympathetic activity of the patient. Clinical diagnoses of coma may be wrong in more
Broomé M, Mathiesen T.
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Scale-free functional connectivity of the brain is maintained in anesthetized healthy participants but not in patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2014 Liu X +4 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to determine whether behavioral responses elicited by olfactory stimulation are a predictor of conscious behavioral response and prognosis of patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC).MethodsTwenty-three DOC ...
Jing Wang +7 more
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