Following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), many patients experience coma—an
unresponsive state lacking wakefulness or awareness. Coma rarely lasts more than two …

Disorders of consciousness after severe brain injury encompass conditions of coma,
vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, and minimally conscious state. DoC …

Severe acquired brain injury has profound impact on alertness, cognition, and behavior.
Among those who survive the initial injury, a significant minority fail to fully recover self and …

Disorders of consciousness are neurological conditions characterized by impaired arousal
and awareness of self and environment. Behavioural responses are absent or are present …

Objective What mechanisms underlie the loss and recovery of consciousness after severe
brain injury? We sought to establish, in the largest cohort of patients with disorders of …

A great deal of the difficulty patients' families, and in some cases physicians, experience with
the concept of death by neurological criteria (brain death) has to do with a poor …

Patients surviving severe brain injury either recover quickly from coma or go through
prolonged disorders of consciousness (DOC) such as unresponsive wakefulness syndrome …

Progress in intensive care has increased the number of patients surviving severe acute
brain damage. These patients classically progress through different stages before fully or …

Establishing an accurate diagnosis is crucial for patients with disorders of consciousness
(DoC) following a severe brain injury. The Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) is the …

Patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (DoC) after severe brain injury may
present residual behavioral and cognitive functions. Yet the bedside assessment of these …