The persistent vegetative state (PVS) is a devastating medical condition characterized by
preserved wakefulness contrasting with absent voluntary interaction with the environment. We …

Background Patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) show restricted self or environment
awareness but are unable to communicate consistently and reliably. Therefore, better …

Recent studies on spontaneous fluctuations in the functional MRI blood oxygen level‐dependent
(BOLD) signal in awake healthy subjects showed the presence of coherent fluctuations …

Background The minimally conscious state (MCS) is a recently defined clinical condition; it
differs from the persistent vegetative state (PVS) by the presence of inconsistent, but clearly …

H 2 15 O-PET was used to investigate changes in regional cerebral blood flow in response
to auditory stimulation in patients in the vegetative state. Five patients in a vegetative state of …

Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate pulmonary artery (PA) clot load scores and computed
tomographic (CT) cardiovascular parameters as predictors of mortality in patients with severe …

Background: Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (APE) present with a broad spectrum
of prognoses. Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) has progressively …

Purpose Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) required critical care.
Mid-term outcomes of the survivors need to be assessed. The objective of this single-center …

Primary objective: The aim of the present study was to explore the concurrent validity, inter-rater
agreement and diagnostic sensitivity of a French adaptation of the Coma Recovery Scale…

We review cerebral processing of auditory and noxious stimuli in minimally conscious state (MCS)
and vegetative state (VS) patients. In contrast with limited brain activation found in VS …