First-person, subjective definitions of coma emphasize the absence of inner consciousness or awareness from the perspective of the patient. By contrast, third-person, objective definitions declare ...

Patients with stroke and a mild or moderate level of neurologic impairment can be monitored less intensively after thrombolysis with no safety issues, a new study suggests.

A recent subanalysis of the EAST-AFNET 4 (Early Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation for Stroke Prevention Trial) suggests a stronger benefit of early rhythm control (ERC) in patients with atrial ...

The patient is then in a so-called alpha coma, theta coma or alpha-theta coma, depending on the dominant rhythm frequency. This type of activity predominates over the posterior areas of the head. This ...

Action myoclonus is exceptionally rare (less than 0.5% in a series of patients who have a cardiac arrest) and is potentially confused with myoclonus status in a comatose patient, yet the examination, ...

OBJECTIVE: To describe the most important coma scales developed in the last fifty years ... However, it has shortcomings, such as the fact that the speech component in intubated patients cannot be ...

Evoked responses are of particular clinical value for determining the prognosis for comatose or severely brain-damaged patients and are also useful in assessing demyelinating diseases. The purpose of ...

In delirium, the level of both consciousness and awareness are abnormal. In coma, awareness is absent because the patient cannot be woken. The function of the brain that focuses mental activity on ...

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