The management of patients with severe brain injuries and prolonged disorders of
consciousness raises important issues particularly with respect to their therapeutic options. The …

Objective To investigate medical complications (MCs) occurring within 6 months postinjury
in brain-injured patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (DoC) and to evaluate …

… that many patients in a prolonged disorder of consciousness during the first few weeks and
months following a severe brain injury will emerge into consciousness, especially those who …

Aim: to assess overall clinical complexity of patients with acquired disorders of consciousness
(DoC) in vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) vs. minimally …

… prolonged disorders of consciousness are in fact conscious … (ie those who are ‘covertly
conscious’ or those with ‘cognitive … patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness are legally …

… lead to impaired consciousness. Some patients quickly recover consciousness from acute
… 28 days, the patient can be diagnosed as prolonged disorders of consciousness (DoC). The …

… proposed the term “prolonged disorders of consciousness” to be … of prolonged disorders of
consciousness definition, the … If the term “prolonged disorder of consciousness” is accepted …

… in non-traumatic prolonged disorders of consciousness cases. It highlights the importance
of long-term follow up of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness, regardless of the …

… of epilepsy in patients with prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (DoC). This review …
occurrence and consciousness recovery. A structured search for studies on prolonged DoC and …

… be altered in low-level states of consciousness under either pathological or … consciousness
level and prognosis at the brain level. In this review, neurobehavioral evaluation of prolonged …