Ayham Alkhachroum, Gabriela Aklepi, Amin Sarafraz, Linda E Robayo, Brian M Manolovitz, Carlos F Blandino, Brian Arwari, Evie Sobczak, Danielle H Bass, Pardis Ghamasaee, Daniel Samano, Nina Massad, Mohan Kottapally, Amedeo Merenda, Salim Dib, Jonathan R Jagid, W Dalton Dietrich, Tatjana Rundek, Kristine O'Phelan, Jan Claassen, Mark F Walker
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated video eye tracking (VET) in comatose patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS: We recruited healthy participants and unresponsive patients with TBI. We surveyed the patients' clinicians on whether the patient was tracking and performed the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R). We recorded eye movements in response to motion of a finger, a face, a mirror, and an optokinetic stimulus using VET glasses. Patients were classified as covert tracking (tracking on VET alone) and overt tracking (VET and clinical examination)...
September 12, 2023: Neurology