Disorder of consciousness related pattern could distinguish minimally conscious state from unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: A F-18-FDG-PET study

IF 3.5 3区医学 Q2 NEUROSCIENCES

Brain Research Bulletin Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2024.111023

Zhijie He , Rongrong Lu , Jingjie Ge , Yihui Guan , Ying Chen , Gang Liu , Hongyu Xie , Yulong Bai , Yi Wu , Junfa Wu , Jie Jia

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Abstract

Background

Accurate evaluation of level of disorder of consciousness (DOC) is clinically challenging.

Objective

This study aimed to establish a distinctive DOC-related pattern (DOCRP) for assessing disease severity and distinguishing unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) from minimally conscious state (MCS).

Methods

Fifteen patients with DOC and eighteen health subjects with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) were enrolled in this study. All patients were assessed by Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) and all individuals were randomly divided into two cohorts (Cohort A and B). DOCRP was identified in Cohort A and subsequently validated in Cohort B and A+B. We also assessed the discriminatory power of DOCRP between MCS and UWS.

Results

The DOCRP was characterized bilaterally by relatively decreased metabolism in the medial and lateral frontal lobes, parieto-temporal lobes, cingulate gyrus and caudate, associated with relatively increased metabolism in the cerebellum and brainstem. DOCRP expression exhibited high accuracy in differentiating DOC patients from controls (P<0.0001, AUC=1.000), and furthermore could effectively distinguish MCS from UWS (P=0.037, AUC=0.821, sensitivity: 85.7 %, specificity: 75.0 %). Particularly in the subgroup of DOC patients survived global hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, DOCRP expression exhibited even better discriminatory power between MCS and UWS (P=0.046, AUC=1.000).

Conclusions

DOCRP might serve as an objective biomarker in distinguishing between UWS and MCS, especially in patients survived global hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.

Trial registration number

ChiCTR2300073717 (Chinese clinical trial registry site, http://www.chictr.org)

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意识障碍相关模式可将微意识状态与无反应清醒综合征区分开来：F-18-FDG-PET 研究。

背景：准确评估意识障碍（DOC）程度在临床上具有挑战性：准确评估意识障碍（DOC）的程度在临床上具有挑战性：本研究旨在建立一种独特的意识障碍相关模式（DOCRP），用于评估疾病的严重程度，并区分无反应清醒综合征（UWS）和微意识状态（MCS）：方法：15 名 DOC 患者和 18 名健康受试者接受了 F-18- 氟脱氧葡萄糖（F-18-FDG）正电子发射断层扫描（PET）。所有患者均通过昏迷恢复量表-修订版（CRS-R）进行评估，并随机分为两个队列（队列 A 和队列 B）。DOCRP 在 A 组群中得到确认，随后在 B 组群和 A+B 组群中得到验证。我们还评估了 DOCRP 在 MCS 和 UWS 之间的鉴别力：结果：DOCRP的双侧特征是额叶内侧和外侧、顶颞叶、扣带回和尾状核的新陈代谢相对减少，而小脑和脑干的新陈代谢相对增加。DOCRP 的表达在区分 DOC 患者和对照组方面表现出很高的准确性（结论：DOCRP 的表达可能作为一种客观的生理指标：DOCRP可作为区分UWS和MCS的客观生物标志物，尤其是在全身缺氧缺血性脑损伤存活患者中：ChiCTR2300073717（中国临床试验注册网，http://www.chictr.org）。

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Brain Research Bulletin 医学-神经科学

CiteScore

6.90

自引率

2.60%

发文量

253

审稿时长

67 days

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