Research

The process of end-of-life decision-making for patients with disorders of consciousness should include caregivers in bedside assessments and integrate advanced diagnostic brain imaging techniques when available.

An international study showed that younger age, shorter time since injury, higher level of responsiveness and EEG reactivity to eye opening are all factors that can predict 6-month improvement among severely brain-injured patients.

Habituation of auditory startle reflex should be considered as a sign of the minimally conscious state, as unresponsive patients who demonstrate this behaviour show increased brain activity and better outcomes compared to patients with inextinguishable startle reflexes.

A Dutch nationwide prospective cohort study has been launched to monitor the outcomes of patients included in the Early Intensive Rehabilitation program, with a follow-up period of two years.

Neurology Update: Coma and Chronic Disorders of Consciousness

The COVID 19 pandemic has affected people with neurological disease and reduced the care provided, with possible adverse sequelae, including frailty.

A new study has shown that a short-term palliative care intervention was seen positively by the patients and families and reduced costs, but did not alter symptom burden.

A plea for equitable global access to COVID‐19 diagnostics, vaccination and therapy: the NeuroCOVID‐19 task Force of the european Academy of neurology

The chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID‐19: The need for a prospective study of viral impact on brain functioning

Stroke acute management and outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak: A cohort study from the Madrid stroke network

Clinical, cerebrospinal fluid, and neuroimaging findings in COVID-19 encephalopathy: a case series

Stroke management during the COVID-19 outbreak: challenges and results of a hub-center in Lombardy, Italy

Can SARS-CoV-2 infect the central nervous system via the olfactory bulb or the blood-brain barrier?

Neurological infection with SARS-CoV-2 - the story so far

Neurological features and outcome in COVID-19: dementia can predict severe disease