Recent research shows that a substantial minority of patients have cognitive motor dissociation. This has many important implications for our practice of critical care medicine. 
 
NEJM Study: <a href='https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400645'>https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400645</a>
NY Times Column: <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/opinion/covert-consciousness-unresponsive-brain.html'>https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/opinion/covert-consciousness-unresponsive-brain.html</a>

Recent research shows that a substantial minority of patients have cognitive motor dissociation. This has many important implications for our practice of critical care medicine. NEJM Study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400645 NY Times Column: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/opinion/covert-consciousness-unresponsive-brain.html

Recent research shows that a substantial minority of patients have cognitive motor dissociation. This has many important implications for our practice of critical care medicine.&nbsp;
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NEJM Study: <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400645" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400645</a>
NY Times Column: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/opinion/covert-consciousness-unresponsive-brain.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/opinion/covert-consciousness-unresponsive-brain.html</a>
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What If An Unresponsive Patient Is Actually "In There"?

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