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) …

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

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

Consciousness can be defined by two components: arousal (wakefulness) and awareness
(subjective experience). However, neurophysiological consciousness metrics able to …

Determining the state of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness is a
challenging practical and theoretical problem. Recent findings suggest that multiple markers …

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 …

Abstract See Schiff (doi: 10.1093/awx209) for a scientific commentary on this article. Patients
with acute severe traumatic brain injury may recover consciousness before self-expression …

Objective To determine whether repeated examinations using the Coma Recovery Scale‐
Revised (CRS‐R) have an impact on diagnostic accuracy of patients with disorders of …

Objective Brain‐injured patients who are unresponsive at the bedside (ie, vegetative
state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome–VS/UWS) may present brain activity similar to …

Background Bedside clinical examinations can have high rates of misdiagnosis of
unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (vegetative state) or minimally conscious state. The …