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BMJ, 2010 #### 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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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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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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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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What names for covert awareness? A systematic review
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022 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
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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The Vegetative State and the Science of Consciousness [PDF]
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2010 Consciousness in experimental subjects is typically inferred from reports and other forms of voluntary behaviour. A wealth of everyday experience confirms that healthy subjects do not ordinarily behave in these ways unless they are conscious. Investigation of consciousness in vegetative state patients has been based on the search for neural evidence ...
Shea, N, Bayne, TJ
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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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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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