Objectives To describe a specialized early treatment program for persons with disorders of
consciousness (DOC) that includes family education; to identify rates of secondary …

Background Nurses are told to speak to their unconscious patients because hearing is said
to be the last sense to depart. There was little reliable evidence before the 1990s that …

Methods: Studies dealing with DOC, nursing and caregiving published in the last 20 years
(from January 2000 to June 2020) were identified by searching on PubMed, Web of Science …

The journey through the history of nursing, and its philosophical and political influences of
the moment, contextualizes the interest that arose about the nurse–patient relationship after …

Method The present research offers a contribution in this respect, through fact-finding about
the knowledge acquired by professional studies or work experiences, the personal and …

Patients in the vegetative state are wholly unaware of themselves, or their surroundings.
However, a minority of patients diagnosed as vegetative are actually aware. What is the well …

Purposes: to compare vital signs, facial expression and basal electroneurographic signs
with measures during stimuli music, message or “silence” in coma patients, vegetative status …

Objectives Medical complications occur frequently in MCS and influence advance medical
decision-making. This study aimed to report on medical complications and advance medical …

: Context: Brain injury can cause coma and organized auditory stimulation (OAS) is thought
to be associated with improvements in the level of consciousness. Aims: Determine of the …

Objective: Altered consciousness level is common in critically ill patients. Neurological
assessment of these patients and their outcomes prediction are challenging for critical …