Classification of the patients fulfilling the criteria for an apallic syndrome (according to Gerstenbrand et al5)
| Patients in the state of an apallic syndrome, n = 13 (group 2) | n | % | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 1 Coma vigile | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 13 | 100 |
| 2 Disturbance of the normal sleep-waking cycle | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 13 | 100 |
| 3 Primitive patterns to sensory stimuli | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 7 | 54 | ||||||
| 4 Lack of emotional reactions | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 13 | 100 |
| 5 Abnormal position of the extremities | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 9 | 69 | ||||
| 6 Oculovestibular reflexes and reflexes of position | x | x | 2 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 7 Primitive motor patterns | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8 | 62 | |||||
| 8 Vegetative dysregulation | x | x | 2 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Symptoms of the individual patients (n) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | ||
x = present.