Table 1.
Clinical-demographic and conventional MRI findings in VS and MCS patients.
| Patients |
Age
(years) |
GCS (baseline) | CUAS (baseline) |
GOS
(at 6 months) |
CRS-R
(at 6 months) |
Cause of DOC
(n. of patients) |
MRI findings (n. of patients) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VS stable (n. 13) |
51±2.1 | 8±1 | 4±1 | 3±1 | 6±1 | TBI: n. 6 ABI: n. 3 CVA: n. 4 |
Diffuse signal abnormalities: n. 6 Right frontal focal abnormalities: n. 3 Left frontal focal abnormalities: n. 1 Left fronto-parietal focal abnormalities: n. 3 |
| VS converted (n. 10) |
48±1.2 | 8±1 | 4±1 | 2±1 | 9±1 | TBI: n. 10 | Diffuse signal abnormalities: n. 6 Right frontal focal abnormalities: n. 2 Left frontal focal abnormalities: n. 2 |
| MCS (n. 27) |
52±6.1 | 11±1 | 6±1 | 2±1 | 10±1 | TBI: n. 15 ABI: n. 5 CVA: n. 7 |
Diffuse signal abnormalities: n. 16 Left frontal focal abnormalities: n. 7 Right fronto-parietal focal abnormalities: n. 4 |
Abbreviations: VS: Vegetative State; MCS: Minimally Conscious State; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; CUAS: Clinical Unawareness Assessment Scale; GOS: Glasgow Outcome Scale; CRS-R: Coma Recovery Scale-Revised; DOC: Disorders of Consciousness; TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury; ABI: Anoxic Brain Injury; CVA: CerebroVascular Accident.