Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of disability, morbidity, and mortality
worldwide. Some of the more common etiologies of TBI include closed head injury …

Background and purpose The prognosis of prolonged (28 days to 3 months post‐onset)
disorders of consciousness (pDoC) due to anoxic brain injury is uncertain. The present study …

Patients with severe acquired brain injury and prolonged disorders of consciousness
(pDoC) are characterized by high clinical complexity and high risk to develop medical …

One of the main challenges in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients is to achieve an early and
definite prognosis. Despite the recent development of algorithms based on artificial …

This study describes a dynamic non-linear mathematical approach for modeling the course
of disease in acquired brain injury (ABI) patients. Data from a multicentric study were used to …

Subtle and profound changes in autonomic nervous system (ANS) function affecting
sympathetic and parasympathetic homeostasis occur as a result of critical illness. Changes …

BACKGROUND The assessment of patients with severe Acquired Brain Injury (sABI) is
mandatory in every phase and setting of care, and requires a multidimensional and …

In patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (DOC), clinical evolution is
determined by several factors closely interacting with each other: etiology, patient's age …

Background Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) is a syndrome of excessive
sympathetic activity, mainly occurring in severe traumatic brain injury. However, few studies …

BACKGROUND: A few studies specifically addressed medical comorbidities (MCs) in
patients with severe acquired traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury and prolonged …