Long-term cognitive outcomes among unselected ventilated and non-ventilated ICU patients
Background Cognitive dysfunction is an important long-term complication of critical illness associated with reduced quality of life, increase in healthcare costs, and institutionalization.
José Raimundo A. de Azevedo+8 more
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Current status of liver transplantation for non‐B non‐C liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma
Recently, the cases of LT for non‐B non‐C cirrhosis and HCC have been increasing in Japan as well as worldwide. Perioperative management of non‐B non‐C liver disease is problematic due to various risk factors, including alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome‐related risks, such as obesity and diabetes mellitus.
Takahiro Nishio+4 more
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Association between Serum GDF-15 and Cognitive Dysfunction in Hemodialysis Patients
Cognitive dysfunction is more frequent in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing hemodialysis compared with the healthy population, emphasizing the need for early detection.
Hae Ri Kim+7 more
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Cerebello‐Prefrontal Connectivity Underlying Cognitive Dysfunction in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is a hereditary cerebellar degenerative disorder, with motor and cognitive symptoms. The constellation of cognitive symptoms due to cerebellar degeneration is named cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (CCAS), which has increasingly been recognized to profoundly impact patients' quality of life;
Ami Kumar+7 more
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Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are linked to an increased risk of cognitive dysfunction, and serum uric acid levels play an important factor in cognitive dysfunction. However, the optimal serum uric acid level in patients with AF remains unclear.
Miaomiao Shang+7 more
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Natural Language Processing to Detect Cognitive Concerns in Electronic Health Records Using Deep Learning [PDF]
Dementia is under-recognized in the community, under-diagnosed by healthcare professionals, and under-coded in claims data. Information on cognitive dysfunction, however, is often found in unstructured clinician notes within medical records but manual review by experts is time consuming and often prone to errors.
arxiv
Development of a Disease Model for Predicting Postoperative Delirium Using Combined Blood Biomarkers
ABSTRACT Objective Postoperative delirium, a common neurocognitive complication after surgery and anesthesia, requires early detection for potential intervention. Herein, we constructed a multidimensional postoperative delirium risk‐prediction model incorporating multiple demographic parameters and blood biomarkers to enhance prediction accuracy ...
Hengjun Wan+7 more
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Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is a common complication following cardiac surgery. The incidence of cognitive dysfunction is more pronounced in patients receiving a cardiac operation than in those undergoing a non-cardiac operation.
Shi-Min Yuan, Hong Lin
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A Computational Model of the Effects of Drug Addiction on Neural Population Dynamics [PDF]
Reward processing and derangements thereof, such as drug addiction, involve the coordinated activity of many brain areas. Prior work has identified many behavioral, molecular biological and single neuron changes throughout the mesocorticolimbic system that reflect and drive addictive behavior.
arxiv
Clinical Phenotyping of Long COVID Patients Evaluated in a Specialized Neuro‐COVID Clinic
ABSTRACT Objective To report Long COVID characteristics and longitudinal courses of patients evaluated between 4/14/21–4/14/22 at the University of Pennsylvania Neurological COVID Clinic (PNCC), including clinical symptoms, neurological examination findings, and neurocognitive screening tests from a standardized PNCC neurological evaluation approach ...
Luana D. Yamashita+7 more
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