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) …

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) …

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

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 …

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 …

Accurate outcome detection in neuro-rehabilitative settings is crucial for appropriate long-
term rehabilitative decisions in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). EEG …

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

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

Functional neuroimaging and electrophysiology studies are changing our understanding of
patients with coma and related states. Some severely brain damaged patients may show …