Recent advances in the development of practice parameters: The vegetative state

Issue title: Evaluation and Management of Low Level Neurologic States

Guest editors: Joseph T. GiacinoGuest Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Rosenberg, Jay^a | Ashwal, Stephen^{b; *}

Affiliations: [a] Department of Neurology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, San Diego, CA, USA | [b] Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Lama Linda University School of Medicine, Lama Linda, CA 92350, USA | JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Cognitive Rehabilitation Program, Edison, NJ, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Tel.: + 1 909 8240800. Ext. 42212. Fax: + 1 909824-4184.

Abstract: Practice parameters including the development of standards, guidelines and options are becoming an increasingly important aspect of contemporary medicine. It is important that such parameters are based on evidentiary data and that consensus be reached by the various professional specialty groups involved in the multidisciplinary care of patients. In this paper, we review how these concepts have recently been applied to issues related to patients in the vegetative state.

Keywords: Guidelines, Outcomes, Practice parameter, Standards, Vegetative state

DOI: 10.3233/NRE-1996-6109

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 79-87, 1996