Open AccessAssociation Between Acute Care and Critical Illness Hospitalization and Cognitive Function in Older Adults
Author(s) -
William J. Ehlenbach,
Catherine L. Hough,
Paul K. Crane,
Sebastien Haneuse,
Shan S. Carson,
J. Randall Curtis,
Eric B. Larson
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2010.167
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , cognition , cohort study , cohort , prospective cohort study , illness severity , severity of illness , gerontology , psychiatry , disease
Studies suggest that many survivors of critical illness experience long-term cognitive impairment but have not included premorbid measures of cognitive functioning and have not evaluated risk for dementia associated with critical illness.
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