For cardiac arrest patients who subsequently undergo PCI, their degree of consciousness before the procedure is a strong predictor of in-hospital outcomes, according to observational data from ...

Researchers have identified brain circuits that, when injured, make conscious patients with acute brain injury appear unresponsive, a phenomenon known as hidden consciousness. Columbia researchers ...

For many people with severe brain injuries, waking up in a hospital room feels like waking up in a nightmare. You’re stuck in your body, aware of everything around you, but unable to move or speak.

A new study of neural oscillations during varying stages of consciousness shows that anesthesia doesn’t just knock us out—it ...

Comatose patients often have a questionable prognosis. Family and doctors are left to ask, what are the chances a loved one will awaken? A team from Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian ...

NEW YORK, NY (Aug. 14, 2023)--Columbia researchers have identified brain injuries that may underlie hidden consciousness, a puzzling phenomenon in which brain-injured patients are unable to respond to ...