The importance of polysomnography in the evaluation of prolonged disorders of consciousness: sleep recordings more adequately correlate than stimulus-related evoked potentials with patients’ clinical status

Highlights • Misdiagnosis between VS and MCS can occur relying only on clinical examination. • PSG more adequately correlates with the clinical evaluation than evoked potentials. • The main contribution was provided by the presence of REM sleep and sleep spindles. • PSG recordings may be helpful to...

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Published in:	Sleep medicine Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 393 - 400
Main Authors:	de Biase, Stefano, Gigli, Gian Luigi, Lorenzut, Simone, Bianconi, Claudio, Sfreddo, Patrizia, Rossato, Gianluca, Basaldella, Federica, Fuccaro, Matteo, Corica, Antonio, Tonon, Davide, Barbone, Fabio, Valente, Mariarosaria
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Neurology Sleep Medicine Evoked potentials Minimally conscious state Vegetative state Polysomnography Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) REM sleep
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Summary:	Highlights • Misdiagnosis between VS and MCS can occur relying only on clinical examination. • PSG more adequately correlates with the clinical evaluation than evoked potentials. • The main contribution was provided by the presence of REM sleep and sleep spindles. • PSG recordings may be helpful to differentiate between VS and MCS patients. • PSG is an examination that provides supplementary information in DOCs patients.
ISSN:	1389-9457
DOI:	10.1016/j.sleep.2013.09.026