Coma in the ICU: A Treatable Condition?

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Jose Javier Provencio, MD, FCCM

  Louise Nerancy Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
  University of Virginia
  Charlottesville, VA

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.
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  Shraddha Mainali, MD

  Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
  Richmond, VA

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

Coma in the ICU is considered a symptom of various diseases. Nevertheless, it is a major determinant of outcome in many ICU patients. Can we increase the likelihood of patients emerging from coma? This session will outline current knowledge on which patients are likely to emerge from coma, research on therapies that may affect emergence, and efforts to change the trajectory of patients with coma.

Presentations:

• Who Is and Who Is Not in a Coma? Cognitive Motor Dissociation, Locked-In Syndrome, Minimally Responsive State
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Jan Claassen, MD – Columbia University
• Can We Cure Coma? What Will It Take?
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: DaiWai M. Olson, RN, , PhD FNCS – University of Texas
• Wake the Dying: Which Therapies Show Promise for Improving Outcomes of ICU Patients With Disorders of Consciousness?
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Brian L. Edlow, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital