Clinical Assessment of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness

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Journal Arch Ital Biol

Specialty Biology

Date 2012 Nov 21

PMID 23165869

Citations 13

Authors

C Schnakers

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Abstract

The study of pathological impairments of consciousness, as they can appear in severely brain injured patients, can be particularly useful to better clarify cognitive processes and cerebral substrates which underlie consciousness. In this review, we will introduce the disorders of consciousness that can be presented by severely brain-injured patients and the behavioural scales that can be used to assess their level of consciousness. We will also discuss the difficulty to assess and detect remnant cognitive functioning in these patients.

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