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From: The misdiagnosis of prolonged disorders of consciousness by a clinical consensus compared with repeated coma-recovery scale-revised assessment

Fig. 2

The number of CRS-R subscales representing signs of consciousness when diagnosed with MCS or EMCS after a single CRS-R assessment and after repeated CRS-R assessments. a. In these terms, Auditory = 3–4 OR Visual = 2–5 OR Motor = 3–5 OR Oromotor/Verbal = 3 OR Communication = 1, indicating that the patient has signs of consciousness and is diagnosed as MCS. Of the patients with a clinical consensus diagnosis of UWS, 22 were diagnosed with MCS after a single CRS-R assessment. After repeated CRS-R assessments, 34 patients were diagnosed with MCS. b. In these terms, Motor = 6 OR Communication = 2, indicating that the patient has signs of full consciousness and is diagnosed as EMCS. Of the patients with a clinical consensus diagnosis of MCS and UWS, 8 were diagnosed with EMCS after a single CRS-R assessment. After repeated CRS-R assessments, 9 patients were diagnosed with EMCS. CRS-R = Coma Recovery Scale-Revised; MCS = minimally conscious state; EMCS = emergence from minimally conscious state

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