Low-cost solution could provide round-the-clock ICU patients' consciousness monitoring

Visit a neurological ICU during a consultant's morning rounds, and you're likely to see physicians conducting painstaking tests to assess each patients' level of consciousness. These tests are the only way to accurately gauge a patient's prognosis, or to spot vital warning signs that a patient's health is declining—but with each test taking as long as an hour to complete, they place an enormous burden on clinical teams.