PARIS BRAIN INSTITUTE AMERICA INC

Severe brain injuries can occur at any stage of life. They can be caused by external events like a motor vehicle accident, sports activity, or internal events like a stroke or heart attack. Thanks to improved treatment, the rate of patients who survive after suffering severe brain injuries is increasing. While some of these patients regain full consciousness after a transient state of coma, others may develop more complex and lasting disorders of consciousness and be behaviorally unresponsive even though they open their eyes or show very minimal, hard to detect, signs of consciousness. The importance of accuracy in such a diagnosis cannot be overstated: it guides treatment allocation and could make the difference between an end-of-life decision or a sustained intensive care.