… -term functioning is not well understood for persons who remain in states of seriously impaired
consciousness … 5 common secondary medical complications and functional outcomes, as …

… of medical comorbidities on 1-year functional outcomes, but outcomes were evaluated through
the Functional … along the spectrum of recovery of consciousness.Finally, the most detailed …

… No large randomized trial has compared 2 or more systems of care for individuals with DOC
in terms of the functional outcomes that result or the costs generated. Unfortunately, such a …

… or worsening of preexisting medical comorbidities, if they … and clinical and functional
outcomes in individuals with DoC, … are very frequent in prolonged DoC patients (at least) within 6 …

… of comorbidities on the outcomes of severely brain-injured … that patients with DoC have
multiple medical comorbidities … has suggested that some comorbidities may predict outcomes: in …

… comorbidities. Our study provides new evidence on the most adverse short-term factors
predicting a functional recovery in DOC patients … factors of functional outcomes to guide clinicians…

… (ERBI 43 ), medical comorbidities before the brain injury as … , we found that functional outcome
of patients with pDoC at 6-… to accurately predict functional outcome of patients with DoC. …

… 1-year functional outcomes. Amantadine is the only therapy that has been associated with the
… dysfunction, as well as pre-existing comorbidities, such as dementia or cardiac, pulmonary …

… These changes in functional outcomes, although small, need to be monitored because they
could hypothetically be the first sign of late recovery or a clue indicating the need to consider …

… (DOC), with a clinical diagnosis of vegetative state (n = 97) or minimally conscious state (n =
… on clinical outcome (30 months post-onset). Epileptic seizures occurred in 35/130 patients (…