Executive summary Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has the highest incidence of all common
neurological disorders, and poses a substantial public health burden. TBI is increasingly …

The goal of this article is to provide a general review of the epidemiology, acute care, and
chronic management of adult patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). This text was …

Importance Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI) is a major cause of death and
disability in the US and worldwide. Few studies have enabled prospective, longitudinal …

Objective To update the 1995 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) practice parameter on
persistent vegetative state and the 2002 case definition on minimally conscious state (MCS) …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global health priority, associated with substantial burden.
Historically conceptualised as an injury event with finite recovery, TBI is now recognised as …

The concept of consciousness continues to defy definition and elude the grasp of
philosophical and scientific efforts to formulate a testable construct that maps to human …

Background Recovery trajectories of clinically unresponsive patients with acute brain injury
are largely uncertain. Brain activation in the absence of a behavioural response to spoken …

Importance Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to 2.9 million visits to US emergency
departments annually and frequently involves a disorder of consciousness (DOC). Early …

Executive summary A concerted effort to tackle the global health problem posed by traumatic
brain injury (TBI) is long overdue. TBI is a public health challenge of vast, but insufficiently …

Abstract Background/Objective For patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) and their
families, the search for new therapies has been a source of hope and frustration. Almost all …