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

Behavioral assessment remains the cornerstone of the clinical evaluation of disorders of
consciousness (DoCs). Although rapidly developing technologies hold great promise (see …

There has been a significant evolution of nomenclature with regards to classification of
persons with disorders of consciousness (DoC) over the last 100 years. This paper provides …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve nerve
stimulation (taVNS) on disorders of consciousness (DOC) patients with Coma Recovery …

Patients affected by severe brain injury can experience complex states of disordered
consciousness. These include the comatose state, characterized by a complete loss of …

Objective. To evaluate the prognostic value of demographical, anamnestic, and clinical
findings on long-term outcome (up to 36 months) in individuals with severe brain injury in …

BACKGROUND Family caregivers (FC) contribute to reducing the misdiagnosis rate in
patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC). Unfortunately, the recent pandemic of …

To date, no international guidelines or recommendations for diagnosis or prognosis of
patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) have been established. The International …

Objective To evaluate quality of life (QoL) and its predictors, psychological burden and level
of perceived social support in caregivers of patients with disorder of consciousness …

The Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) is the gold standard of responsiveness
assessment in patients with disorder of consciousness. The purpose of this study is to …