Serial yes/no reliability after traumatic brain injury: Implications regarding the operational criteria for emergence from the minimally conscious state

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-218

  Nakase Richardson, R ^a   Yablon, S A ^a,b   Sherer, M ^c   Evans, C C ^a,b   Nick, T G ^d  

^a METHODIST REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE TEST FOR DELIRIUM; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; CONFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38849104482     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.127795     Document Type: Article

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