Scientific Study on Disorders of Consciousness
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 People sometimes use the term “brain-dead” flippantly, referring to a clueless co-worker or zoned out gamer, but to families of patients with disorders of consciousness [DoC], it’s no joke. DoC include coma, minimally conscious state, persistent vegetative state, also known as unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, and brain death. The majority of DoC are due to traumatic brain injuries [TBI] which are caused by blunt trauma, or stroke or other events leading to lack of oxygen. Often it can take months or years, if ever, to emerge from a coma or other DoC...
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