2024
Altered Mental Status at the Extreme: Behavioral Evaluation of Disorders of Consciousness
Dhadwal N, Cunningham K, Pino W, Hampton S, Fischer D. Altered Mental Status at the Extreme: Behavioral Evaluation of Disorders of Consciousness. Seminars In Neurology 2024, 44: 621-633. PMID: 39102862, DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1788807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute care settingCare settingsMinimally conscious statePatient's current levelMental statusDisorders of consciousnessComa Recovery Scale-RevisedHealthcare providersGlasgow Coma ScaleAssessment of consciousnessVegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndromeAltered mental statusAssessment measuresScale-RevisedState/unresponsive wakefulness syndromeNeurological examComa ScaleConscious stateWakefulness syndromeStatusAssessmentHealthcareSetsMultiple limitationsProvidersComa Prognostication After Acute Brain Injury
Fischer D, Edlow B. Coma Prognostication After Acute Brain Injury. JAMA Neurology 2024, 81: 405-415. PMID: 38436946, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.5634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMagnetic resonance imagingPrognostic markerAcute brain injuryLife-sustaining treatmentBrain injury etiologyPatient's current levelPrediction of neurological recoveryHealth care costsBrain injuryPatient valuesInjury etiologyCare costsPrognostic utilityComa prognosticationSerological markersClinical guidelinesComputed tomographyNeurological recoveryNeurological examinationDisorders of consciousnessNeurological assessmentNeurological functionPredictive valueResonance imagingNeuroprognostication
2023
Neuroimaging in Disorders of Consciousness and Recovery
Xu L, Hampton S, Fischer D. Neuroimaging in Disorders of Consciousness and Recovery. Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation Clinics Of North America 2023, 35: 51-64. PMID: 37993193, DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2023.06.017.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Conscientious of the Conscious: Interactive Capacity as a Threshold Marker for Consciousness
Fischer D, Truog R. Conscientious of the Conscious: Interactive Capacity as a Threshold Marker for Consciousness. AJOB Neuroscience 2013, 4: 26-33. DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2013.819391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinimally conscious stateDiagnosing disorders of consciousnessBrain-injured patientsAbsence of consciousnessDisorders of consciousnessStates of consciousnessDiagnostic distinctionDiagnosed disordersManagement of patientsConscious stateThreshold markersEthical importanceEthical managementVegetative stateEthical challengesElectroencephalographic assessmentNeuroimagingConsciousness