Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Consciousness and responsiveness

2013; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 26; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/aco.0b013e3283628b5d

1473-6500

Mélanie Boly, Robert D. Sanders, George A. Mashour, Steven Laureys,

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders

Purpose of review The aim of this article is to review recent behavioural and neuroimaging studies in anaesthesia and the vegetative state. Recent findings These studies highlight possible dissociations between consciousness and responsiveness in both these states. Summary We discuss future avenues of research in the field, in order to improve the detection of awareness during anaesthesia and the vegetative state using neuroimaging and neurophysiologic techniques.