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SynthesisNeurocritical care2025

Acute Traumatic Coma Awakening Induced by Median Nerve Electrical Stimulation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Jinkun Yang, Xijuan Li, Xueping Yang, Tao Zhu, Shan Ou

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Synthesis in Neurocritical care, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jinkun YangDepartment of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Xijuan LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Chengdu First People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Xueping YangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Chengdu First People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Tao ZhuDepartment of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Shan OuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Chengdu First People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. composer163@163.com.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is widely recognized as a major cause of death and disability. Optimizing recovery from coma is a priority for improving patient prognosis. Recently, an increasing number of studies have demonstrated that median nerve electrical stimulation (MNES) may be a potential approach for comatose patients awakening with TBI, although the results of these studies are not consistent. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the MNES on recovery from coma in patients with TBI based on data from randomized controlled trials. The PubMed, Embase, Ovid MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure electronic databases were systematically searched from their inception to July 2023 using specific keywords. The χ

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Brain Injuries, TraumaticComaComa, Post-Head InjuryElectric Stimulation TherapyMedian NerveHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicComaConsciousness disorderElectrical stimulationMedian nerveTraumatic brain injury

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PMID39448428

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