The spectrum of psychocognitive morbidity in the critically ill: A review of the literature and call for improvement

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 130-137

  Karnatovskaia, Lioudmila V ^a   Johnson, Margaret M ^b   Benzo, Roberto P ^a   Gajic, Ognjen ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Critical illness; Depression; Post ICU syndrome; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychological trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ANXIETY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MOBILIZATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIOECONOMICS; ACUTE DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANXIETY; COGNITION DISORDERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84920684321     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.09.024     Document Type: Review

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