The outcome of a coma depends on the severity and cause. Often, the medical cause is treated while a person is receiving ...

It involves people who have been in a coma – usually because of a head ... This is called being in a vegetative state, or a minimally conscious state, depending on the exact nature of their ...

The recent re-definition of vegetative state as unresponsive wakefulness syndrome ... be used for its clinical assessment. Although the Coma Recovery Scale – Revised is the most recommended ...

Clauss R and Nel W (2006) Drug induced arousal from the permanent vegetative state. NeuroRehabilitation ... Patients were scored on the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive ...

Fears are growing that F1 legend, Michael Schumacher, could remain in a ‘permanent vegetative state’ even if he wakes up from the coma he is currently in. This ‘Permanent vegetative state ...

Brain Injury and Consciousness — ITT Episode 38: New research using functional brain imaging reveals that many patients considered to be in a coma or vegetative state and who are unresponsive ...