Can coma be “cured”? On this podcast, we talk to Dr. Claude Hemphill and Dr. Romer Geocadin of the Curing Coma Campaign. Series 3, Episode 4 https://www.curingcoma.org/events2/world-coma-day

Featuring:

• Guests: Romer Geocadin, MD, Johns Hopkins University & Claude Hemphill, MD, University of California San Francisco
• Interviewer/Producer: Dr. Adeline Goss
• Disclosures: None

Below are articles the guests of this podcast wished to share with the listeners:

• Early Thalamocortical Reperfusion Leads to Neurologic Recovery in a Rodent Cardiac Arrest Model: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-021-01432-9
• Proceedings of the First Curing Coma Campaign NIH Symposium: Challenging the Future of Research for Coma and Disorders of Consciousness: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-021-01260-x
• AHA SCIENTIFIC STATEMENT: Standards for Studies of Neurological Prognostication in Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest: Circulation. 2019;140:e517–e542. DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000702 - https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000702
• Detection of Brain Activation in Unresponsive Patients with Acute Brain Injury; n engl j med 380;26 nejm.org June 27, 2019
• Therapies to Restore Consciousness in Patients with Severe Brain Injuries: A Gap Analysis and Future Directions; Neurocrit Care (2021) 35:68–85; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-021-01227-y
• Mechanisms Underlying Disorders of Consciousness: Bridging Gaps to Move Toward an Integrated Translational Science; Neurocrit Care (2021) 35:37–54; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-021-01281-6