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The chronic clinical setting
Charland-Verville, Vanessa; Laureys, Steven; Gosseries, Olivia et al.
2015In Clinical Neurophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness: Brain Function Monitoring in the ICU and beyond
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Abstract :
[en] The past 15 years have provided an unprecedented collection of discoveries that have increased our scientific understanding of recovery of human consciousness following severe brain damage. Differentiating between patients in “unresponsive/vegetative” and minimally conscious states still represents a major challenge with profound ethical concerns in terms of medical management. Valid diagnosis is of highest importance in chronic clinical settings, relying on standardized behavioral assessments and neuroimaging paradigms to detect subtle signs of consciousness. An improved assessment of brain function in coma and related states is not only changing nosology and medical care, but also offers a better-documented diagnosis and prognosis and helps to further identify the neural correlates of human consciousness. Recent treatment interventions aimed at accelerating the recovery of awareness show encouraging results, with improvements of behavioral signs of consciousness of severely brain-injured patients. These new insights in this field also raise new legal questions regarding treatment strategies, rehabilitation, and end-of-life decisions. © Springer-Verlag Wien 2015.
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Neurology
Author, co-author :
Charland-Verville, Vanessa ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Laureys, Steven  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA : Coma Group
Gosseries, Olivia  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Thibaut, Aurore ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA : Coma Group
Bruno, M.-A.;  Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Centre and Neurology Department, CHU Sart-Tilman Hospital and University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Title :
The chronic clinical setting
Publication date :
2015
Main work title :
Clinical Neurophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness: Brain Function Monitoring in the ICU and beyond
Publisher :
Springer-Verlag Vienna
Pages :
95-106
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Commentary :
9783709116340; 9783709116333
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