What If An Unresponsive Patient Is Actually ”In There”?

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