Episodes of Disconnected Consciousness in Emergency Patients
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This study looks at brief episodes of being disconnected from your surroundings among very ill emergency patients. Researchers want to see how often this happens and what it means for recovery.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are being treated in the hospital's emergency room that handles the most urgent cases (the resuscitation room).
- You speak French well enough to answer questions.
- You do not have a long-term disorder that changes your awareness (like a coma or vegetative state).
- You are not deaf or blind in a way that would make it hard to participate.
- You do not have dementia, a condition that ignores one side of space (hemineglect), or trouble speaking or understanding speech (aphasia).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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