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01.08.2009 | Viewpoint
Cognitive dysfunction after critical illness: measurement, rehabilitation, and disclosure
verfasst von:
Cheryl Misak
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Ausgabe 4/2009
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Abstract
A growing consensus seems to be emerging that neurocognitive outcomes are poor for patients who have been critically ill with acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure. However, intensive care unit delirium, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other outcomes must be considered as potentially confounding factors. Once the uncertainty around the causes of postmorbid cognitive functioning is acknowledged, there are practical implications for appropriate rehabilitative interventions and there are ethical implications for the kinds of appropriate disclosure to patients.