[Acute and long-term cognitive consequences of treatment on intensive care units].

DISCUSSION: Both POD and particularly POCD can lead to a deterioration of cognition following ICU treatment. As efficient treatment still has to be developed preventive methods, such as preoperative screening for risk factors, thorough planning of operative and anesthetic techniques and compensation of risk factors as well as providing assistance to patients, e. g. by a trained nurse should be implemented in the clinical routine more often than is presently the case. PMID: 26910259 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Der Nervenarzt - February 24, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Kratz T, Diefenbacher A Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research