Erschienen in:
01.03.2014 | Editorial
Early cognitive and physical rehabilitation: one step towards improving post-critical illness outcomes
verfasst von:
Ramona O. Hopkins
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 3/2014
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Excerpt
Current data indicate that large numbers of individuals not only survive an episode of critical illness but many of these survivors develop new and long-lasting physical, cognitive, and psychological (depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder) morbidities that adversely affect their functional outcome and quality of life [
1]. A recent systematic review found that moderate to severe post-ICU cognitive impairments occur in 45–80 % of survivors of critical illness, affecting a wide range of cognitive domains and persisting years after ICU discharge [
2]. Given the prevalence and severity of cognitive impairments following critical illness, interventions are needed to prevent or ameliorate cognitive morbidity with the ultimate goal to improve functional outcomes. …