Practice Guideline Update Recommendations: Disorders of Consciousness
Practice Guideline, September 2018
Read Published ArticleThis guideline aims to update the 1995 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) practice parameter on persistent vegetative state and the 2002 case definition on minimally conscious state (MCS) and provide care recommendations for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (DoC).
Reaffirmed on July 12, 2024.
Companion to "Practice Guideline Update Systematic Review: Disorders of Consciousness" (September 2018). Codeveloped with the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.
Endorsed by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, and the Child Neurology Society.
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