FIGURE 3.

Patients' outcomes. The percentage of patients who died (in black), who remained in or worsened to VS/UWS (in red), who improved to or remained in MCS (in blue) and who emerged from MCS (in green) are presented for the three groups, VS/UWS, MCS* and MCS. Patients in MCS* presented a better outcome (ie, recovery of signs of consciousness) than VS/UWS patients but worse outcome than MCS patients. EMCS: emergence from the minimally conscious state; MCS: minimally conscious state; VS/UWS: vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. [Color figure can be viewed at www.annalsofneurology.org]