Search Tag: cognitive dysfunction
2021 24 Aug
How should you handle a chronic ventilator user admitted to your ICU with acute critical illness? A personal observation and reflection on how to handle a chronic ventilator user and suggestions to smoothen the sojourn of the next chronic ventilator user through an ICU, while ensuring maximal dignity and maintenance of function; minimising...Read more
2018 15 May
Cognitive deterioration is a common occurrence after major surgery, especially among older patients. New research shows the distance a patient can walk in 6-minutes before a heart operation may be a clue to whether that patient will develop problems with memory, concentration, and attention after the procedure. The findings, published online in...Read more