Nociception Coma Scale Revised allows to identify patients with preserved neural basis for pain experience.

The Nociception Coma Scale-Revised (NCS-R) was developed to help assess pain in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC). Several studies have shown its sensitivity in assessing response to acute noxious stimuli. However, they failed to determine a reliable cut-off score that could be used to infer pain processing in these patients.This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to determine a NCS-R cut-off score supporting preserved neural basis for pain experience, based on brain metabolism preservation as measured by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET).

Source: The Journal of Pain - November 12, 2019 Category: Materials Science Authors: Estelle A.C. Bonin, Nicolas Lejeune, Aurore Thibaut, Helena Cassol, Georgios Antonopoulos, Sarah Wannez, Charlotte Martial, Caroline Schnakers, Steven Laureys, Camille Chatelle Source Type: research