The psychological and neurocognitive consequences of critical illness. A pragmatic review of current evidence

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 226-233

  Clancy, Olivia ^a,b   Edginton, Trudi ^c   Casarin, Annalisa ^a,d   Vizcaychipi, Marcela P ^a,b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b London   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Critical illness; Delirium; Intensive care; Post traumatic stress disorder; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

APACHE; ARTICLE; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; EMOTIONALITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; NEUROPROTECTION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84944460630     PISSN: 17511437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1751143715569637     Document Type: Article

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