Scoping Review on the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment of Pediatric Disorders of Consciousness.

Background And Objectives: Comprehensive guidelines for the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disorders of consciousness (DoC) in pediatric patients have not yet been released. We aimed to summarize available evidence for DoC with >14 days duration to support the future development of guidelines for children, adolescents and young adults aged 6 months-18 years.

Methods: This scoping review was reported based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses-extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines.

The role of virtual motor rehabilitation: a quantitative analysis between acute and chronic patients with acquired brain injury.

Acquired brain injury (ABI) is one of the main problems of disability and death in the world. Its incidence and survival rate are increasing annually. Thus, the number of chronic ABI patients is gradually growing.

[From the vegetative state to unresponsive wakefulness: a historical review].

Introduction: Over the last few decades, the terminology, diagnostic techniques and treatment of patients with altered levels of consciousness have varied considerably. At the same time, the percentage of patients in this clinical situation has undergone a marked increase.

Aims: The purpose of this study is to present a historical review of the different terms that have been used in the medical literature to describe patients with altered states of consciousness.