Background Severe weakness associated with critical illness (CIW) is common. This
narrative review summarizes the latest scientific insights and proposes a guide for clinicians …

Advances over the past two decades in functional neuroimaging have provided new
diagnostic and prognostic tools for patients with severe brain injury. Some of the most …

Consciousness has been proposed to be supported by electrophysiological patterns poised
at criticality, a dynamical regime which exhibits adaptive computational properties …

Historically, clinical evaluation of unresponsive patients following brain injury has relied
principally on serial behavioral examination to search for emerging signs of consciousness …

Background Electroencephalography (EEG) has long been recognized as an important tool
in the investigation of disorders of consciousness (DoC). From inspection of the raw EEG to …

Recent advancements in functional neuroimaging have demonstrated that some
unresponsive patients in the intensive care unit retain a level of consciousness that is …

The advent of neurotechnologies including advanced functional magnetic resonance
imaging and electroencephalography to detect states of awareness not detectable by …

Self-induced cognitive trance (SICT) is a voluntary non-ordinary state of consciousness
characterized by a lucid yet narrowed awareness of the external surroundings. It involves a …

Patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) who survive to discharge following severe
brain injury can face profoundly complex medical, ethical, and psychosocial challenges …

Diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic procedures for patients with prolonged disorders of
consciousness (pDoCs) vary significantly across countries and clinical settings, likely due to …