Coma and Disorders of Consciousness in Children
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Neurology & Neurodevelopmental Disorders".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 144
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is my great pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Children on “Coma and Disorders of Consciousness in Neonates and Children”.
In pediatrics, coma and other disorders of consciousness occur due to a broad range of etiologies with timing from acute to chronic. From the most common causes such as hypoxic-ischemic, traumatic, hemorrhagic, genetic, and metabolic, the suppression of consciousness in children negatively impacts their health, growth, quality of life, family health, socioeconomics, and societal resources over their lifetimes.
In recent years, advances in advanced molecular and imaging testing, neuromonitoring, and invasive and neuromodulatory procedures have led to increased awareness of covert consciousness and improved diagnosis with potential ability to improve despite initially very poor exam. Still, their management remains highly challenging, bringing together a team of experts, such as pediatricians, pediatric and neonatal intensivists, neurocritical care specialists, physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, epileptologists, geneticists, and endocrinologists, dieticians, geneticists, and radiologists.
This Special Issue of Children, “Coma and Disorders of Consciousness in Children”, aims to include research that will advance current knowledge in the field of pediatric and neonatal disorders of consciousness. The papers need to explore diagnostic challenges, present new techniques, or validate existing tools that assess pediatric and neonatal suppression of consciousness and provide new insights into how therapeutic interventions may improve recovery, health, growth, and quality of life in those affected.
Dr. Varina Boerwinkle
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- pediatric
- neonatal
- coma
- disorders of consciousness
- suppression of consciousness
- covert consciousness
- functional MRI
- neuroprognostication
- outcomes
- neuromodulation
- exam
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