| Affiliation: | (1) Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, T-1218 Medical Center North, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA;(2) Medical Center East Suite 6100, Center for Health Services Research, 1215 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37232, USA;(3) Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center of the Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, 1310 24th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212, USA;(4) Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 122 Medical center North, Nashville, TN 37232, USA;(5) Psychology Department and Neuroscience Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA;(6) Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Divisions, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
| Abstract: | Neuropsychological assessment has been utilized extensively in the research of cognitive outcomes associated with medical illnesses, such as HIV, and post-surgical procedures, such as coronary artery bypass graft. However, few investigations of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors have examined cognitive function as a clinical outcome. Significant clinical questions exist regarding the impact of critical illness on long-term cognitive function. Many of these questions can be systematically evaluated through the use of standardized neuropsychological assessment instruments within the context of well designed, prospective research trials. This review will provide information for clinical researchers interested in the study of neuropsychological outcomes in intensive care unit survivors ( a comparison article in this issue will address clinical issues related to cognitive functioning).Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at |
