For a long time, it was believed these patients simply couldn't have any conscious experiences. In the past two decades, researchers have realized that this assumption is often false. One problem ...

Sleep patterns may reveal comatose patients with hidden consciousness Date: March 3, 2025 Source: Columbia University Irving Medical Center Summary: Overnight bursts of brain waves seen in normal ...

Doctors compared Wallis’ brain function to that of 20 healthy people and another minimally conscious patient who showed virtually no recovery for six years. All were imaged twice, 18 months apart.

131 consecutive patients undergoing colonoscopy with conscious sedation at the authors' center completed a pre-endoscopy sleep questionnaire and a physical examination that was designed to detect OSA.