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. 1974 Nov 16;4(5941):379-82.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5941.379.

"Locked-in" syndrome: report of seven cases

C H Hawkes

"Locked-in" syndrome: report of seven cases

C H Hawkes. Br Med J. .

Abstract

Seven cases of the "locked-in" syndrome are described. This is a disorder in which a conscious, mute patient is completely paralysed apart from some form of eye movement, usually as a result of an infarct in the ventral pons. Such patients are often assumed to be in coma and as a result may be distressed by inappropriate conversation around the bedside.

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