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Cognitive dysfunction after critical illness: measurement, rehabilitation, and disclosure

Author: Cheryl Misak

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 4/2009

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.

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Title: Cognitive dysfunction after critical illness: measurement, rehabilitation, and disclosure
Author: Cheryl Misak
Publication date: 01-08-2009
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 4/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc7962

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