Cardio-respiratory autonomic responses to nociceptive stimuli in patients with disorders of consciousness.

The autonomic response to pain might discriminate among consciousness disorders. Therefore, aim of this study was to describe differences between minimally conscious state (MCS) and unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) patients in their autonomic response to a nociceptive stimulus. ECG, respirati...

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Main Authors: Guya Devalle, Paolo Castiglioni, Chiara Arienti, Carlo Abbate, Anna Mazzucchi, Luca Agnello, Giampiero Merati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6135369?pdf=render