title: The PLEXUS parameters: results of the 'PLEXUS conference'.
abstract: Presentations by experts at an international conference on coma and persistent vegetative state (PVS) identified 32 parameters of varying prognostic significance that can be determined in this patient population. These parameters are tabulated for heuristic purposes and to summarize a portion of the information exchanged at this conference.
authors.affiliation: Healthcare Rehabilitation Center, Austin, Texas 78745.
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authors.lastname: Childs
mesh_terms: D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003128:Coma / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011379:Prognosis; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices