Psychology

Psychiatry

Persistent vegetative state

Consciousness

Consciousness Disorders

Family medicine

Neurology

Neuroscience

Minimally conscious state

Intensive care medicine

Clinical Practice

Guideline

Pathology

Medicine

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).

Practice guideline update recommendations summary: Disorders of consciousness