(Stony Brook University News) – A new study published in Nature Communications Medicine led by neurosurgery researchers Sima Mofakham, PhD, and Chuck Mikell, MD, of the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University, provides clinicians with data about the path to consciousness after traumatic brain injury (TBI) that may help pave the way for more personalized and effective patient care strategies in critical care and rehabilitation settings.
Every year, thousands of brain-injured patients are labeled as “unresponsive” in hospitals across the United States. Yet new research reveals that up to one quarter of these individuals may be conscious but just unable to show it. This disconnect, known as cognitive motor dissociation (CMD), represents one of the most urgent diagnostic blind spots in neurology and critical care. CONTINUE