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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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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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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Effect of defoliation height on regrowth of timothy and meadow fescue in the generative and vegetative phases of growth [PDF]
, 2003 Post-defoliation carbohydrate stores, leaf area and the number of active meristems are important factors affecting the subsequent regrowth of grasses. Defoliation height affects the magnitude of all these factors.
Virkajärvi, Perttu
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Functional Analysis of Spontaneous Cell Movement under Different Physiological Conditions [PDF]
, 2008 Cells can show not only spontaneous movement but also tactic responses to environmental signals. Since the former can be regarded as the basis to realize the latter, playing essential roles in various cellular functions, it is important to investigate ...
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Comorbidities Coma Scale (CoCoS): Linguistic and Cultural Adaptation of the Russian-Language Version
Общая реаниматология, 2022 Identification of complications and control of comorbidities are essential in monitoring the patients with chronic disorders of consciousness and predicting their outcomes.
N. A. Suponeva +15 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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International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2017 Introduction Tracheostomy weaning in patients who suffered a severe acquired brain injury is often a challenge and decannulation failures are not uncommon.
Cecilia Perin +4 more
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Basale Stimulation bei Patienten im Wachkoma und Minimally Conscious State : Begründung für die Durchführung durch die Ergotherapie [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: Basal stimulation is a therapy concept used by occupational therapists for patients in vegetative state and minimally conscious state, although the concept was invented for nursing care.
Berger, Michelle, Meier, Lara
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Neurophysiological and Behavioral Responses to Music Therapy in Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States [PDF]
, 2013 Assessment of awareness for those with disorders of consciousness is a challenging undertaking, due to the complex presentation of the population. Debate surrounds whether behavioral assessments provide greatest accuracy in diagnosis compared to neuro ...
J. eFachner +6 more
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