Survival and consciousness recovery are better in the minimally conscious state than in the vegetative state

Frédéric Faugeras (1, 2) , Benjamin Rohaut (2, 1) , Mélanie Valente (2) , Jacobo Sitt (2) , Sophie Demeret (1) , Francis Bolgert (1) , Nicolas Weiss (1) , Alexandra Grinea (1) , Clémence Marois (1, 2) , Marion Quirins (2) , Athena Demertzi (2) , Federico Raimondo (2) , Damien Galanaud (1) , Marie-Odile Habert (1, 3) , Denis Engemann (4, 2) , Louis Puybasset (5, 1) , Lionel Naccache (2, 1, 5)

1 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP]
2 ICM - Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle Epinière = Brain and Spine Institute
3 LIB - Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale [Paris]
4 PARIETAL - Modelling brain structure, function and variability based on high-field MRI data
5 UPMC - Faculté de médecine Pitié Salpétrière

The prognosis value of early clinical diagnosis of consciousness impairment is documented by an extremely limited number of studies, whereas it may convey important information to guide medical decisions.

Mots clés: Clinical; DOC patients; outcomes; prognosis; Clinical

Domaines: Neurosciences

Frédéric Faugeras, Benjamin Rohaut, Mélanie Valente, Jacobo Sitt, Sophie Demeret, et al.. Survival and consciousness recovery are better in the minimally conscious state than in the vegetative state. Brain Injury, 2017, 32 (1), pp.72 - 77. ⟨10.1080/02699052.2017.1364421⟩. ⟨hal-01848286⟩