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The persistent vegetative state – General considerations [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2011 The persistent vegetative state is a clinical condition of complete unawareness of the self and the environment accompanied by sleep-wake cycles with either complete or partial preservation of hypothalamic and brainstem autonomic functions.
Eva Georghita +4 more
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The Vegetative State: A Review of Etiology and Prognostic Factors
McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020 This paper reviews the research investigating the vegetative state (VS) in terms of its aetiology and prognostic factors that may be indicative of the outcome for patients in the VS.
Rachel Elizabeth Davison
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BMC Neurology, 2018 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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Changes of Spasticity across Time in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness: A Retrospective Study
Brain Sciences, 2022 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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Clinical Research: Auditory Stimulation in the Disorders of Consciousness
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019 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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Brain Sciences, 2023 (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?
Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 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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Opioid-induced short-term consciousness improvement in patients with disorders of consciousness
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 IntroductionEffective treatment to facilitate recovery from prolonged disorders of consciousness is a complex topic for the medical community. In clinical practice, we have found that a subset of patients has a short-term improvement of consciousness ...
Qianqian Ge +7 more
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Consciousness and responsiveness: Lessons from anaesthesia and the vegetative state [PDF]
, 2013 peer reviewedPURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this article is to review recent behavioural and neuroimaging studies in anaesthesia and the vegetative state.
Boly, Mélanie +3 more
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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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