Brain Injury and Consciousness

What happens when medicine gets race wrong? In a new 8-week series, The Race Equation confronts harmful assumptions about race in clinical medicine, why they endure, and what it will take to change. ​ ​Follow “Intention to Treat” on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast ...  Show more

Many clinical algorithms, including the eGFR test for kidney function, have actually had race baked into them and produce different results for Black patients. Most of us assume these algorithms are based on science, but what if the science is wrong? A full transcript of this epi ...  Show more

Dr. Jan Claassen discusses the main takeaways from his NEJM paper on detection of brain activation in unresponsive patients with acute brain injury. 

What does it mean to be in a coma? How can we tell if someone on life support is actually conscious? And how can scientists use synchronised heart rhythms to predict which comatose patients are likely to wake up? In this focus episode of How We’re Wired, join producer Dr Eva Higg ...  Show more

Dr. Derek Stitt talks with Dr. Karin Diserens about subtle signs and motor behavior to unveil awareness in unresponsive brain-impaired individuals.

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Dr. Karin Diserens discusses the paper, "A Focus on Subtle Signs and Motor Behavior to Unveil Awareness in Unresponsive Brain-Impaired Patients: The Importance of Being Clinical". Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2023/02/28/WNL.0000000000207067 This podcast ...  Show more