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It's hard to distinguish conscious from unconscious states in patients—a more precautionary approach is needed
More fundamentally, though, doctors should not be expected to draw sharp lines between "minimally conscious" and "vegetative state" patients. We are not sure enough to make that call. Instead ...
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Our Rapidly Changing Understanding of Acute and Chronic Disorders of Consciousness
The recent re-definition of vegetative state as unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, the subcategorization of minimally conscious state (MCS) into MCS+ and MCS- and the introduction of functional ...
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Imaging Techniques Can Improve Accuracy in the Diagnosis of Disorders of Consciousness
Patients with disorders of consciousness include those in a persistent vegetative state and those in a minimally conscious state. The distinction between the two conditions has been shown to be ...
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Brain Injury Symptoms
The causes of a non-traumatic brain injury include: At the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital, we care for patients in a vegetative or a minimally conscious state. Our treatments for disorders ...
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Deep brain stimulation promotes late functional recovery after traumatic brain injury
Patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) can, however, show unexpected preservation of large-scale cerebral networks. Schiff et al. have reported the use of bilateral deep brain stimulation ...