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CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 127, 期 6, 页码 2379-2385出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.03.021
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Disorders of consciousness; Vegetative state; Minimally conscious state; EEG background activity; EEG reactivity; Rehabilitation
Objective: This cross-sectional study assessed the ability of standard EEG in distinguishing vegetative state (VS) from minimally conscious state plus (MCS+) or MCS minus (MCS-), and to correlate EEG features with aetiology and level of responsiveness assessed by Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R). Methods: We analyzed background EEG activity and EEG reactivity to eye opening and closing and to tactile, acoustic, nociceptive stimuli and Intermittent Photic Stimulation (IPS) in 73 inpatients (VS = 37, MC- = 11, MCS+ = 25), with traumatic (n = 21), vascular (n = 25) or anoxic (n = 27) aetiology. Results: All patients, but one, showed abnormal background activity. EEG abnormalities were more severe in VS than in MCS+ or MCS-, and in anoxic than other aetiologies. MCS+ patients with normal or Mildly Abnormal background activity showed higher scores on CRS-R than patients with moderate to severe EEG abnormalities. Reactivity to IPS, and acoustic stimuli was significantly more frequent in MCS+ and MCS- than in VS patients. Conclusions: EEG features differ between VS and MCS- or MCS+ patients and can provide evidence of relative sparing of thalamocortical connections in MCS+ patients. In anoxic patients EEG organization is more severely impaired and provides less discriminative diagnostic information. Significance: Conventional EEG can help clinicians to disentangle VS from MCS patients. (C) 2016 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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