Dtsch Arztebl Int
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Severe quantitative disorders of consciousness (DoC) due to acute brain injury affect up to 47% of patients upon admission to intensive care and early rehabilitation units. Nevertheless, the rehabilitation of this vulnerable group of patients has not yet been addressed in any German-language guidelines and has only been studied in a small number of randomized clinical trials. ⋯ For the first time, evidence-based German-language clinical practice guidelines have now become available for the neurological rehabilitation of patients with DoC.