By Michael Irving August 16, 2024 A new study suggests as many as 25% of people in a coma or vegetative state could exhibit "hidden consciousness" via fMRI or EEG Depositphotos View 1 Images ...

Of 240 patients previously diagnosed as being in a coma, vegetative state or showing “minimal consciousness,” 60 showed evidence of “covert awareness.” ...

In the United States, an estimated 50,000 patients are in a vegetative state, and about 300,000 are in a minimally conscious state, Schiff said.

They found that 8 of the 11 vegetative patients who had scored above the cutoff, which had been associated with minimal consciousness, had in fact recovered consciousness. The other three had died.

For the study, the researchers used electroencephalography, which noninvasively measures the electrical activity over the scalp, to test 21 patients diagnosed as vegetative or minimally conscious ...

People who stay in a permanent vegetative state for many years, by contrast, almost never recover. The brain scan findings now being reported also strengthen the notion of a minimally conscious state.

For the first time, the number of institutionalized patients in minimally conscious state in the Netherlands has been established. It concerns 32 people, according to a study led by Radboud ...

They found that 8 of the 11 vegetative patients who had scored above the cutoff, which had been associated with minimal consciousness, had in fact recovered consciousness. The other three had died.

Positron emission tomography can help distinguish between vegetative and minimally conscious states, where a patient is more likely to recover End-of-life questions are complicated by the ...

Patients in vegetative or minimally conscious states may not be able to speak for themselves or report that they are aware of their surroundings, but some can learn, according to a new study.

Various studies in the past decade, including one by Belgian and U.S. experts in 2009, have found that about 40% of patients diagnosed as vegetative are actually conscious and fall into a category ...

Four of the five had received a vegetative state diagnosis, and one was thought to be only minimally conscious. Three showed signs of awareness during intensive standard bedside tests, but two did ...