Full recovery from disorders of consciousness possible after severe COVID-19 infection

SEATTLE — Full recovery and functional independence is possible in patients who experience a disorder of consciousness after severe COVID-19 infection, according to a presenter at the 2022 American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
“The reason that this matters is because if you’ve been diagnosed [with minimally conscious state (MCS)], this puts you on a different recovery trajectory,” Lindsey Gurin, MD, clinical assistant professor of neurology, psychiatry and rehabilitation medicine at NYU Langone Health, told attendees.
Gurin and colleagues sought to examine

SEATTLE — Full recovery and functional independence is possible in patients who experience a disorder of consciousness after severe COVID-19 infection, according to a presenter at the 2022 American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
“The reason that this matters is because if you’ve been diagnosed [with minimally conscious state (MCS)], this puts you on a different recovery trajectory,” Lindsey Gurin, MD, clinical assistant professor of neurology, psychiatry and rehabilitation medicine at NYU Langone Health, told attendees.
Gurin and colleagues sought to examine