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critical illness neuropsychiatric impairment (post-ICU neuropsychiatric impairment)

Etiology: - critical illness, especially - sepsis - acute respiratory distress syndrome * see critical illness cognitive impairment Clinical manifestations: includes - cognitive impairment - see critical illness cognitive impairment - depression - anxiety - post-traumatic stress disorder [2] Complications: - neuropsychiatric impairment may persist indefinitely after critical illness

Related

critical illness weakness; critical illness neuromyopathy

Specific

critical illness cognitive impairment (post-ICU cognitive impairment)

General

psychiatric disease; behavioral disorder critical illness syndrome

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, 17. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012, 2015
  2. Jackson JC, Mitchell N, Hopkins RO. Cognitive functioning, mental health, and quality of life in ICU survivors: an overview. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011 Dec;29(4):751-64 PMID: 22078921