Longitudinal Bedside Assessments of Brain Networks in Disorders of Consciousness: Case Reports From the Field.

ABSTRACT: Clinicians are regularly faced with the difficult challenge of diagnosing consciousness after severe brain injury. As such, as many as 40% of minimally conscious patients who demonstrate fluctuations in arousal and awareness are known to be misdiagnosed as unresponsive/vegetative based on clinical consensus. Further, a significant minority of patients show evidence of hidden awareness not evident in their behavior. Despite this, clinical assessments of behavior are commonly used as bedside indicators of consciousness. Recent advances in functional high-density electroencephalography (hdEEG) have indicated that specific patterns of resting brain connectivity measured at the bedside are strongly correlated with the re-emergence of consciousness after brain injury. We report case studies of f

SUBMITTER: Bareham CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6110818 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature