Without controlled studies and careful patient selection criteria it will not be possible to
evaluate the potential of therapeutic interventions in disorders of consciousness. There also …

Predicting the chances of recovery of consciousness and communication in patients who
survive their coma but transit in a vegetative state or minimally conscious state (MCS) …

Syndromes of global cerebral dysfunction associated with critical illness include acute
disorders such as coma and delirium, and chronic processes namely cognitive impairment …

to the brain in young individuals may, after a protracted period, lead to a satisfactory
outcome, whereas anoxicischemic injury after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in elderly …

* Professor of Law and Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Professor of Bioethics, University of
Pittsburgh School of Law and Center for Bioethics and Health Law. 1. Or perhaps more …

In this issue of The Journal of Clinical Ethics, the Harvard Ethics Consortium presents the
agonizing dilemma it faced in the case of “Margaret,” a patient with early dementia. Margaret …

The topic assigned to me for this presentation is 'alleged awakenings from prolonged coma
and brain death and delivery of live babies from brain-dead mothers do not negate brain …

Background The minimally conscious state (MCS) is a clinical manifestation of severe brain
injury. While there are no evidence-based criteria, diagnostic guidelines were reached in a …

Actuarial risk may be reduced when insuring the community-dwelling US population at least
70 years of age by incorporating into actuarial models the demographic factor of highest …

✓ Neurologists discuss the implications of new evidence that a man locked in a minimally
conscious state (MCS) for nearly two decades regained some speech and limb movement …