Specialized early treatment for persons with disorders of consciousness: Program components and outcomes

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1908-1923

  Seel, Ronald T ^a   Douglas, Jennifer ^a   Dennison, Andrew C ^a   Heaner, Sarah ^a   Farris, Kathryn ^a   Rogers, Catherine ^a  

^a SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Diagnosis; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COMA; COMA RECOVERY SCALE REVISED; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACRM; AMERICAN CONGRESS OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE; BRAIN INJURIES; CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALIST; COMA RECOVERY SCALE-REVISED; CRS-R; CTRS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; DOC; DVT; ICF; ICU; INFERIOR VENA CAVA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; INTRATHECAL BACLOFEN; ITB; IVC; LE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAS; MCS; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; NF; NURSING FACILITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OT; PHYSICAL THERAPIST; PROGNOSIS; PT; REHABILITATION; SLP; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; TBI; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UE; ULTRASOUND; UPPER EXTREMITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; US; UTI; VEGETATIVE STATE; VS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COMMUNICATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884702591     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.11.052     Document Type: Article

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