Neuroprognostication for disorders of consciousness, particularly after cardiac arrest, is critical. However rapidly evolving research has translated little to clinical practice, with neuroprognostication frequently deviating from evidence and clinical guidelines. We implemented a novel program that provides specialized, interdisciplinary, and longitudinal care to improve the practice of...
Determining the level of consciousness in patients with brain injury-and more fundamentally, establishing what they can experience-is ethically and clinically impactful. Patient behaviors may unreliably reflect their level of consciousness: a subset of unresponsive patients demonstrate covert consciousness by willfully modulating their brain activity to commands through fMRI or EEG. However,...