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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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What names for covert awareness? A systematic review
BackgroundWith the emergence of Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI), clinicians have been facing a new group of patients with severe acquired brain injury who are unable to show any behavioral sign of consciousness but respond to active neuroimaging or ...
Caroline Schnakers +24 more
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Changes of Spasticity across Time in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness: A Retrospective Study
Objectives: In this retrospective study, we investigated how spasticity developed in patients diagnosed with a prolonged DOC over an almost two-year observation period (21 months), and how it related to the patients’ age, gender, time since injury ...
Benjamin Winters +5 more
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#### Summary points The vegetative state may develop suddenly (as a consequence of traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury, such as hypoxia or anoxia; infection; or haemorrhage) or gradually (in the course of a neurodegenerative disorder, such as Alzheimer’s disease).
Monti, Martin M +2 more
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Background Behavioral assessment has been acted as the gold standard for the diagnosis of disorders of consciousness (DOC) patients. The item “Functional Object Use” in the motor function sub-scale in the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) is a key item
Yuxiao Sun +10 more
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Persistent vegetative state [PDF]
Persistent vegetative state (PVS) was first described in 1972 and refers to a clinical condition in which there is a lack of self-awareness (complete unawareness of the self) despite the patient having sleep–wake cycles, other basic reflexes (such as blinking or withdrawing the hand when it is squeezed hard), being capable of spontaneous breathing, and
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Clinical Research: Auditory Stimulation in the Disorders of Consciousness
Due to the complex situation of disorder of consciousness (DOC) patients, the assessment of conscious states of these patients has become a huge challenge for a long time (Laureys et al., 2010).
Jiajie Zhu +8 more
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The persistent vegetative state [PDF]
Patients in a vegetative state seem to be awake with their eyes open but show no evidence of awareness.1 They do not interact with others and make no purposeful or voluntary responses to visual, auditory, tactile, or noxious stimuli. They are able to breathe spontaneously, and they retain their gag, cough, sucking, and swallowing reflexes.
R S, Howard, D H, Miller
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(1) Background: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood biomarkers are emerging tools used to obtain information on secondary brain damage and to improve diagnostic and prognostic accuracy for patients with prolonged post-traumatic disorders of consciousness
Sergio Bagnato, Cristina Boccagni
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Do Sensory Stimulation Programs Have an Impact on Consciousness Recovery?
Objectives: Considering sensory stimulation programs (SSP) as a treatment for disorders of consciousness is still debated today. Previous studies investigating its efficacy were affected by various biases among which small sample size and spontaneous ...
Lijuan Cheng +8 more
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