Recovery from disorders of consciousness: mechanisms, prognosis and emerging therapies

BL Edlow, J Claassen, ND Schiff… - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Substantial progress has been made over the past two decades in detecting, predicting and
promoting recovery of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) …

Clinical and advanced neurophysiology in the prognostic and diagnostic evaluation of disorders of consciousness: review of an IFCN-endorsed expert group

A Comanducci, M Boly, J Claassen, M De Lucia… - Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The analysis of spontaneous EEG activity and evoked potentials is a cornerstone of the
instrumental evaluation of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). The past few …

Multicenter prospective study on predictors of short-term outcome in disorders of consciousness

A Estraneo, S Fiorenza, A Magliacano, R Formisano… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective This international multicenter, prospective, observational study aimed at
identifying predictors of short-term clinical outcome in patients with prolonged disorders of …

[HTML][HTML] EEG-based methods for recovery prognosis of patients with disorders of consciousness: a systematic review

S Ballanti, S Campagnini, P Liuzzi, B Hakiki… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective Disorders of consciousness (DoC) are acquired conditions of severely
altered consciousness. Electroencephalography (EEG)-derived biomarkers have been …

Risk factors for 2‐year mortality in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness: An international multicentre study

A Estraneo, A Magliacano, S Fiorenza… - European journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (pDoC) have
a high mortality rate due to medical complications. Because an accurate prognosis is …

Diagnostic developments in differentiating unresponsive wakefulness syndrome and the minimally conscious state

C Porcaro, IE Nemirovsky, F Riganello… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
When treating patients with a disorder of consciousness (DOC), it is essential to obtain an
accurate diagnosis as soon as possible to generate individualized treatment programs …

Evoked and event-related potentials as biomarkers of consciousness state and recovery

E Pruvost-Robieux, A Marchi, I Martinelli… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The definition of consciousness has been the subject of great interest for many scientists
and philosophers. To better understand how evoked potentials may be identified as …

Prognostic models for prolonged disorders of consciousness: an integrative review

M Song, Y Yang, Z Yang, Y Cui, S Yu, J He… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Disorders of consciousness (DoC) are acquired conditions of severe altered consciousness.
During the past decades, some prognostic models for DoC have been explored on the basis …

Sleep in disorders of consciousness: behavioral and polysomnographic recording

I Mertel, YG Pavlov, C Barner, F Müller, S Diekelmann… - Bmc Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Sleep-wakefulness cycles are an essential diagnostic criterion for disorders of
consciousness (DOC), differentiating prolonged DOC from coma. Specific sleep features …

Prognostic value of post-acute EEG in severe disorders of consciousness, using American Clinical Neurophysiology Society terminology

M Scarpino, F Lolli, B Hakiki, T Atzori, G Lanzo… - Neurophysiologie …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate whether electroencephalographic (EEG) features recorded during the
post-acute stage in patients with severe disorders of consciousness (DoC) after acute brain …