Proceedings of the Second Curing Coma Campaign NIH Symposium: Challenging the Future of Research for Coma and Disorders of Consciousness

• DOI: 10.1007/s12028-022-01505-3
• Publication Date: 2022-05-10T00:02:38Z
• Authors: Shraddha Mainali; Venkatesh Aiyagari; Sheila Alexander; Yelena Bodien; Varina Boerwinkle; Melanie Boly; Emery Brown; Jeremy Brown; Jan Claassen; Brian L. Edlow; Ericka L. Fink; Joseph J. Fins; Brandon Foreman; Jennifer Frontera; Romergryko G. Geo...; Joseph Giacino; Emily J. Gilmore; Olivia Gosseries; Flora Hammond; Raimund Helbok; J. Claude Hemphill; Karen Hirsch; Keri Kim; Steven Laureys; Ariane Lewis; Geoffrey Ling; Sarah L. Livesay; Victoria McCredie; Molly McNett; David Menon; Erika Molteni; DaiWai Olson; Kristine O’Phelan; Soojin Park; Len Polizzotto; Jose Javier Prove...; Louis Puybasset; Chethan P. Venkat...; Courtney Robertson; Benjamin Rohaut; Michael Rubin; Tarek Sharshar; Lori Shutter; Gisele Sampaio Silva; Wade Smith; Robert D. Stevens; Aurore Thibaut; Paul Vespa; Amy K. Wagner; Wendy C. Ziai; Elizabeth Zink; Jose I Suarez
• Keywords: Coma (optics); Deliverable; Persistent vegetative state

This proceedings article presents actionable research targets on the basis of presentations and discussions at 2nd Curing Coma National Institutes Health (NIH) symposium held from May 3 to 5, 2021. Here, we summarize background, priorities, panel discussions, deliverables discussed during across six major domains related disorders consciousness. The include (1) Biology Coma, (2) Database, (3) Neuroprognostication, (4) Care Comatose Patients, (5) Early Clinical Trials, (6) Long-term Recovery. Following 1st NIH virtual September 9 10, 2020, workgroups, each consisting field experts in respective domains, were formed tasked with identifying gaps developing key priorities advance mission Campaign. highly interactive inspiring 3-day identified several action items for Campaign mission, which this article.