Objective: To establish consensus recommendations among health care specialties for
defining and establishing diagnostic criteria for the minimally conscious state (MCS) …

Introduction New guidelines regarding the diagnosis of disorders of consciousness
(DOC)(such as vegetative state and minimally conscious state) have recently been …

Background Previously published studies have reported that up to 43% of patients with
disorders of consciousness are erroneously assigned a diagnosis of vegetative state (VS) …

Disorders of consciousness (DOC) include coma, vegetative state (VS) and minimally
conscious state (MCS). Coma is a condition of unarousability with a complete absence of …

Careful clinical assessment of putative 'conscious behaviour'in vegetative and minimally
conscious patients is the first requirement for their proper diagnosis and management …

Consciousness can be defined by two components: arousal and awareness. Disorders of
consciousness (DOC) are characterized by a disrupted relationship between these two …

There is no agreement as to where the limits of consciousness lie, or even if these putative
borders exist. Problems inherent to the study of consciousness continue to confound efforts …

Background and purpose Patients with acquired brain injury and acute or prolonged
disorders of consciousness (DoC) are challenging. Evidence to support diagnostic decisions …

This paper reviews the current state of bedside behavioral assessment in brain-damaged
patients with impaired consciousness (coma, vegetative state, minimally conscious state). As …

Background: The prognosis value of early clinical diagnosis of consciousness impairment is
documented by an extremely limited number of studies, whereas it may convey important …