What about Pain in Disorders of Consciousness?

The management and treatment of acute pain is very difficult in non-communicative patients with disorders of consciousness ( i.e. , vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) and minimally conscious state), creating an ethical dilemma for caregivers and an emotional burden among bot...

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Published in:	The AAPS journal Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 437 - 444
Main Authors:	Schnakers, C., Chatelle, C., Demertzi, A., Majerus, S., Laureys, S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer US 01.09.2012 Springer
Subjects:	Biochemistry Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Biotechnology Consciousness Disorders - complications Human health sciences Humans Neurologie Neurology Neurosciences & behavior Neurosciences & comportement Pain - complications Pain Management Pharmacology/Toxicology Pharmacy Review Review Article Sciences de la santé humaine Sciences sociales & comportementales, psychologie Social & behavioral sciences, psychology nociception pain consciousness minimally conscious state vegetative state
ISSN:	1550-7416, 1550-7416
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