Some brain injury patients may appear to be in a coma, but they are not. They are processing at least some of what is happening around them but cannot physically respond.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Some coma patients may be conscious. New research could identify them.
A routine clinical care technique could help identify patients with cognitive motor dissociation or “hidden consciousness,” improving survival and recovery odds
By Sam Jones
October 12, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT