A minimally conscious state or MCS is a disorder of consciousness distinct from persistent vegetative state and locked-in syndrome. Unlike persistent...

patients being in an undiagnosed minimally conscious state. Since the exact diagnostic criteria of the minimally conscious state were only formulated in 2002...

In a minimally conscious state, the patient has intermittent periods of awareness and wakefulness. The criteria for minimally conscious state, that patients...

American firefighter from Buffalo, New York who awoke from a minimally conscious state after more than 9 years. Donald Herbert joined the Buffalo Fire...

June 11, 2003, regained awareness after spending 19 years in a minimally conscious state. Wallis was born on April 7, 1964, in Marianna, Arkansas, to Angilee...

awoke from coma-like states, such as a persistent vegetative state, minimally conscious state, catatonic stupor, or locked-in syndrome after a lengthy period...

consciousness. This category generally includes minimally conscious state and persistent vegetative state, but sometimes also includes the less severe locked-in...

involved in a traffic collision. As a result, he was left in a minimally conscious state until his death in 2013 of cardiac arrest. After Cheng's accident...

due to oxygen shortage. His initial coma later progressed to a minimally conscious state, and it was unclear whether he would ever regain full consciousness...

progress to a vegetative state or a minimally conscious state, and others die. Some patients who have entered a vegetative state go on to regain a degree...