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First author Marleen Tjepkema and senior author Michel van Putten. When patients suffer cardiac arrest, more than half of those who remain comatose never regain consciousness. Early and accurate ...

One in four severe brain injury patients had cognitive-motor dissociation detected on EEG or fMRI. Despite appearing unresponsive, these patients repeatedly showed covert consciousness. Younger age, ...

EEG and Outcome Prediction Several other studies have noted the importance of using EEG data to complement clinical evaluation in patients in a coma. Specifically, the measure of EEG reactivity (EEG-R ...

Patients with brain injury who are unresponsive to commands may perform cognitive tasks that are detected on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG). This ...

At least 25% of unresponsive patients with a disorder of consciousness show signs of brain activity, an estimate that is higher than previous studies suggest. "We found that at least 1 in 4 patients ...

A new study shows that heart brain interactions, measured using electroencephalography (EEG), provide a novel diagnostic method for patients with disorders of consciousness. A new study conducted ...

Coma scales have been developed for evaluating depth of consciousness and helping in prediction of outcome. This last issue is best assessed by several other clinical and neurophysiologic tests. For ...