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- Title
Clinical identification of cognitive impairment in ICU survivors: insights for intensivists.
- Authors
Gordon, Sharon M.; Jackson, James C.; Ely, E. Wesley; Burger, Candace; Hopkins, Ramona O.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>A growing body of research has demonstrated the presence of ongoing cognitive impairment in large numbers of ICU survivors.<bold>Objective: </bold>This review offers a practical framework for practicing intensivists and those following patients after their ICU stay for the identification of cognitive impairment in ICU survivors.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Early detection of cognitive impairment in critically ill patients is an important and achievable goal, but overt cognitive impairment remains unrecognized in most cases. However, it can be identified by objective (test scores) or subjective evidence (clinical judgment, patient observation, family interaction).
- Subjects
INTENSIVE care units; CATASTROPHIC illness; PATIENTS; COGNITION disorders; DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL screening; CLINICAL medicine; COGNITION disorders diagnosis; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; MEDICAL protocols
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2004, Vol 30, Issue 11, p1997
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-004-2418-y