Predicting outcome from subacute unresponsive wakefulness syndrome or vegetative state

Predicting recovery of consciousness in patients who survive their coma but evolve to a vegetative state (recently coined unresponsive wakefulness syndrome) remains a challenge. Most previous prognostic studies have focused on the acute coma phase. A novel outcome scale (combining behavioural, aetiology, electroencephalographic, sleep electroencephalographic and somatosensory evoked potential data) has been proposed for patients in subacute unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. The scale’s clinical application awaits validation in a larger population.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Critical Care

• Publication date

  2014-04-15

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1186/cc13831PMID 25029668PMCID 4056757
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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