Cerebral functions in brain-damaged patients. What is meant by coma, vegetative state, minimally conscious state, locked-in syndrome and brain death?;Zerebrale funktionen bei hirngeschädigten patienten. Was bedeuten koma, "vegetative state", "minimally conscious state", locked-in-syndrom und hirntod?

Anaesthesist

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1195-1202

  Faymonville, M E ^a   Pantke, K H ^c   Berre J ^b   Sadzot, B ^a   Ferring, M ^b   De Tiege X ^b   Mavroudakis, N ^b   Van Bogaert, P ^b   Lambermont, B ^a   Damas, P ^a   Franck, G ^a   Lamy, M ^a   Luxen, A ^a   Moonen, G ^a   Goldman, S ^b   Maquet, P ^a   Laureys, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c LIS eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Brain death; Coma; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Intensive care patients; Locked in syndrome; Minimally conscious state; Positron emission tomography; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVALUATION; EYELID REFLEX; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WAKEFULNESS;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; COMA; HUMANS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; QUADRIPLEGIA; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 19944431909     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-004-0747-4     Document Type: Review

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