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Study protocol: Developing telephone follow-up scale for patients with disorders of consciousness

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the Minimal Number of Repeated Examinations for Random Responsiveness With the Coma Recovery Scale—Revised as an Example

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Sleep in the Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome and Minimally Conscious State [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Neurotrauma, 2013
The goal of our study was to investigate different aspects of sleep, namely the sleep-wake cycle and sleep stages, in the vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS), and minimally conscious state (MCS). A 24-h polysomnography was performed in 20 patients who were in a UWS (n=10) or in a MCS (n=10) because of brain injury. The data were
Cologan, Victor   +6 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Olfactory Stimulation and the Diagnosis of Patients With Disorders of Consciousness: A Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a simple score to predict outcome for unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. [PDF]

open access: yesCrit Care, 2014
Abstract Introduction Accurate assessment of prognosis for patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS; formerly vegetative state) may help clinicians and families guide the type and intensity of therapy; however, there is no suitable and accurate means to predict the outcome so far.
Kang XG   +9 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

The misdiagnosis of prolonged disorders of consciousness by a clinical consensus compared with repeated coma-recovery scale-revised assessment

open access: yesBMC Neurology, 2020
Background Previous studies have shown that a single Coma-Recovery Scale-Revision (CRS-R) assessment can identify high rates of misdiagnosis by clinical consensus.
Jing Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Randomized trial of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on patients with disorders of consciousness: A study protocol

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2023
BackgroundTranscutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) has recently been explored for the treatment of Disorders of consciousness (DoC) caused by traumatic brain injury.
Lijuan Cheng   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Burnout syndrome in healthcare professionals who care for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness: a cross-sectional survey

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Burnout is more common among healthcare professionals, that is an important problem of professional distress that can seriously affect healthcare professionals’ emotional state, health, medical quality and doctor-patient relationship. However,
Jing Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Initiation of Swallowing Can Indicate the Prognosis of Disorders of Consciousness: A Self-Controlled Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2019
Objective: To detect the initiation of swallowing in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) as well as the relationship between the initiation of swallowing and the prognosis of DOC patients.Methods: Nineteen DOC patients were included in this ...
Jianan Wang   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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