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) …

Background Due to the lack of high-quality evidence which has hindered the development of
evidence-based guidelines, there is a need to provide general guidance on cranioplasty …

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

In this narrative review, we focus on the role of quantitative EEG technology in the diagnosis
and prognosis of patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome and minimally …

Background The current state of the science regarding the care and prognosis of patients
with disorders of consciousness is limited. Scientific advances are needed to improve the …

This paper critically engages ethical issues in the allocation of novel, and potentially costly,
health care resources to patients with disorders of consciousness. First, we review potential …

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 …

Background Neurovascular-based imaging techniques such as functional MRI (fMRI) may
reveal signs of consciousness in clinically unresponsive patients but are often subject to …

Bedside assessment of consciousness and awareness after a severe brain injury might be
hampered by confounding clinical factors (ie, pitfalls) interfering with the production of …

Clinical diagnosis of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness is very challenging.
As spontaneous eye blink rate (EBR) is reliably correlated with cognitive activity in healthy …