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 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 …

Hypoxic–ischaemic brain injury (HIBI) is the main cause of death in patients who are
comatose after resuscitation from cardiac arrest. A poor neurological outcome—defined as …

An open challenge in consciousness research is understanding how neural functions are
altered by pathological loss of consciousness. To maintain consciousness, the brain needs …

Outcome prognostication in comatose patients after cardiac arrest (CA) remains to date a
challenge. The major determinant of clinical outcome is the post-hypoxic/ischemic …

Objectives: Absence of somatosensory evoked potentials is considered a nearly perfect
predictor of poor outcome after cardiac arrest. However, reports of good outcomes despite …

Background Decisions of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe brain
injury are often based on prognostic evaluations such as analysis of …

Neurology is focused on a model where patients receive their care through repeated visits to
clinics and doctor's offices. Diagnostic tests often require expensive and specialized …

The human brain has the astonishing capacity of integrating streams of sensory information
from the environment and forming predictions about future events in an automatic way …

Patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) suffer from awareness deficits.
Comorbidities such as motor disabilities or visual problems hamper clinical assessments …