Here is an overview of the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of severely brain injured patients. Covers disorders of consciousness including the minimally conscious state and locked-in syndrome highlighting the ground-breaking work of the Coma Science Group.

Consolidates the most recent developments in coma and disorders of consciousness

Presents an international perspective

Includes many new chapters, including covert cognition, spasticity in disorders of consciousness, and near-death experience

Autorentext

Caroline Schnakers and Steven Laureys

Coma Science Group

Cyclotron Research Centre

University of Liege

Liège, Belgium

Inhalt

1. Consciousness theories.

2. Behavioral assessment and diagnosis of disorders of consciousness.

3. Prognosis in disorders of consciousness.

4. Neuroimaging in disorders of consciousness.

5. Electrophysiology in disorders of consciousness.

6. Caregivers burnout in disorders of consciousness.

7. Spasticity in disorders of consciousness.

8. Feasibility of oral feeding in patients with disorders of consciousness.- Sleep in disorders of consciousness.

9. Sensory stimulation program.

10. Pharmacological treatments.

11. Neuromodulation treatments.

12. Long term care in disorders of consciousness.

13. Ethics in disorders of consciousness.

14. Near Death Experience.

15. Future perspectives of clinical coma science.