... Critical Care Vol 10 No Milbrandt and Angus Figure Pathophysiologic mechanisms and predisposing factors thought to underlie critical illness-associated cognitivedysfunction [5,14,15] Apo, apolipoprotein; ... medications and delirium in hospitalized patients: a critical review Psychosomatics 2005, 46:302-316 34 Pandharipande P, Ely EW: Sedative and analgesic medications: risk factors for delirium and sleep ... neurologic and neurocognitive dysfunction in the rat Anesthesiology 2003, 98:690-698 101 Jungwirth B, Gordan ML, Blobner M, Schmehl W, Kochs EF, Mackensen GB: Xenon impairs neurocognitive and histologic...
... hardly stand, my hands shook because of muscle loss, and I was always out of breath None of that is conducive to feeling and being mentally sharp I pushed my rehabilitation very hard and months ... that might influence responses to injury and capacity to repair, and external factors such as the extent, duration, and nature of specific metabolic events and sedative regimens Inquiry needs to ... psychological and emotional problems that have come into existence during and after ICU admission My suggestion is that, at least sometimes, what one may be seeing when one sees cognitive dysfunction...
... Applying images and sounds C Reviewing well D Employing action II Cognitive A Practising B Receiving and sending messages strategies C Analysing and reasoning D Creating structure for input and output ... find evidence that motivation affects strategy use; and in general, cognitiveand metacognitive strategies are most affected by motivation and the least affected strategy type is social strategies ... gender and strategy use have come to mixed conclusions Ehrman and Oxford (1989) and Oxford and Nyikos (1989) discovered distinct gender differences in strategy use The study by Green and Oxford...
... profoundly to endothelium dysfunctionand ED [130,131], the concept of androgen deficiency reinforces the important role of androgens in vascular health and erectile function Summary and conclusions Visceral ... tissue maintenance and remodeling The evidence Obesity and erectile dysfunction Fig Proposed link between obesity, inflammatory responses, androgen deficiency, endothelial dysfunctionand ED Based on ... endothelial dysfunctionand microvascular disease and reduced androgen levels; (b) the insult on the endothelium resulting in endothelial injury and reduced NO synthase activity and NO production,...
... defects/merits Moderate Autonomism, the position outlined by Anderson and Dean, holds that they never are In their outline and defence of MA, Anderson and Dean hold that: the moral content of a work can ... categories of moral and aesthetic criticism always remain conceptually distinct (Anderson and Dean 1998: 152) Thus, MA apparently allows some sort of interaction between ethical and aesthetic criticism, ... developed by Gaut and Carroll, which, they argue persuasively, fail to meet the challenge Anderson and Dean argue that: i) There is a prima facie conceptual difference between aesthetic and ethical...
... uncertain, and whether unnecessary information led to cognitive overload for learners also remains inconclusive According to the studies done by Jones and Plass (2002) and Diao, Chandler and Sweller ... with double mode (sound and text) outperformed students learning with single mode (sound) and had lower cognitive load Studies related to foreign language learning andcognitive load are mostly ... only and the double mode group learned with sound and text Cognitive load and listening in foreign language learning From the perspective of the modality effect, double mode, including visual and...
... group of cognitively healthy Brazilian elderly subjects which were divided into two subgroups according to the presence of SMCs and submitted to brief cognitive tests Methods Sixty cognitively ... rule out depression.8 Cognitive evaluation was carried out with the following tests: the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB)11,12, digit span forward and backward and the Frontal Assessment ... figures and yields different scores, namely: incidental and immediate memory, learning, delayed recall and recognition.15,16 The battery also includes a category fluency test (animals per minute) and...
... an ‘‘understandable’’ consequence of the illness On the other hand, behavioral problems such as delusions and hallucinations dramatically aVect both patients’ and caregivers’ lives, and treatment ... psychiatric andcognitive disorders of PD in one single volume Most patients with PD are usually cared for by internists and general practitioners, but the information about emotional andcognitive ... transient episodes of mania and hypomania occurring after left, right or bilateral GPi stimulation Confusion and focal cognitivedysfunction were reported during stimulation, and were reversed by adjustment...
... the Alzheimer' s Association; and by endowments from The Pat and Willard Walker Family Foundation and the Donald W Reynolds Foundation The authors particularly thank the generous donations from Alzheimer' s ... Down's syndrome and familial AD, genetic forces are the most likely culprits; in head injury and epilepsy, direct neuronal trauma; in AIDS, viral infection of microglia; and in PD and sporadic AD, ... neuronal synthesis of βAPP and secretion of sAPP, which in turn activates microglia and increases IL-1 synthesis [20] and release [12] IL-1 is sufficient to elevate expression and processing of βAPP,...
... differbetween Q robur, Q petraea and Q cerris in the relationship between g and Ψ s A similar relationship was obtained between s g and pre-dawn Ψ in adult Q petraea and Q robur, with no species ... techniques to be introduced and, eventually, provide strategies for breeding superior and rugged trees that are able to withstand such stresses potential, stomatal conductance and cavitation on a sapling ... mature MATERIALS AND METHODS Seeds of Quercus robur, Q petraea and Q pubescens, all from a French provenance, were germinated in November 1990 to provide seedlings for use in 1992 and 1993 In addition,...
... et al Table Means, SDs, and F and P values of the ANOVA effects for group, time, and group × time (G × T) and T and P values for secondary measures: cognitive variables and behavioural variables ... with having FMS and support provided by the therapists and group members Cognitive behavior therapy The CBT focused on the patients' thinking and involved problem-solving, stress and pain coping ... ANOVAs and t tests The outcome MANOVA included three variables and used a P value Bonferroni-adjusted to P < 0.02 The MANOVA on cognitiveand behavioural effects included two variables and used...
... system in all cell types and is capable of converting superoxide radicals to H O and oxygen [58,65,65] GPx4 reduces H2O2 and lipid peroxides to water and lipid alcohols, and reduces the development ... glomerulopathy leading toward kidney dysfunctionand hypertension, reductions in coronary flow reserve leading to an early coronary heart disease and hepatic dysfunction leading toward non-alcoholic ... exacerbate vascular dysfunction by inhibiting eNOS, stimulating production of reactive oxygen species and increasing vascular permeability, and may also initiate the expression and stimulation of...
... system in all cell types and is capable of converting superoxide radicals to H O and oxygen [58,65,65] GPx4 reduces H2O2 and lipid peroxides to water and lipid alcohols, and reduces the development ... glomerulopathy leading toward kidney dysfunctionand hypertension, reductions in coronary flow reserve leading to an early coronary heart disease and hepatic dysfunction leading toward non-alcoholic ... exacerbate vascular dysfunction by inhibiting eNOS, stimulating production of reactive oxygen species and increasing vascular permeability, and may also initiate the expression and stimulation of...
... of gaze direction directly- and induced different levels of cognitive demand Experiment 4: the " n-back" task Presenting a central target and varying cognitive demand is easily done within an ... eventhough the cognitive demand varied between reading/adding and multiplying number, experiment showed also no evidence for a "cognitive- induced shift" in accommodation In the following and last experiment ... effects are really induced by cognitive demand, the intended demand has to be validated by means of behavioral changes, i.e performance measures Increasing cognitive demand should result in increased...
... collection and analysed the results FC performed the statistical analysis RN, ML, AC, VA, DP and RC partecipated to acquisition of data AQ conceived the study and partecipated in its design and coordination ... its design and coordination and drafted the manuscript Rao SM, Leo GJ, Bernardin L, Unverzagt F: Cognitivedysfunction in multiple sclerosis I Frequency, patterns, and prediction Neurology 1991, ... Nelissen I, Fiten P, Vandenbroeck K, Hillert J, Olsson T, Marrosu MG, Opdenakker G: PECAM1, MPO and PRKAR1A at chromosome 17q21-q24 and susceptibility for multiple sclerosis in Sweden and Sardinia Neuroimmunol...
... JW, JG, and CD conceived and developed the study, drafted the study protocol and secured funding SD coordinates the ongoing study and contributed to research materials RG, CD, CQ, ME and DC provided ... about the clinical treatment protocols A standardised PowerPoint presentation and accompanying handouts will be made available for further use to the nurse and speech pathologist responsible for ... self-care (feeding, grooming, bathing, dressing, bowel and bladder care, and toilet use) and a group related to mobility (ambulation, transfers, and stair climbing) The maximal score is 100 if five-point...
... skills (and other areas of cognitive functioning) raises the possibility that individuals with first-episode psychosis who participate concurrently in MFG and CR may be better able to learn and apply ... ill relative’s clinical history, the family’s experience and understanding of their ill relative’s illness, and family members’ concerns and questions with regard to participating in a multifamily ... Enrollment in Current Study (N = 40) Randomized to MFG and CR (n = 20) Randomized to MFG Alone (n = 20) Figure Patient Flow Diagram strategies to maintain family balance and well-being Following the completion...
... schizophrenia patients, Tenback and colleagues showed associations between incidence of TD on the one hand and occurrence of EPS [9], prolactinrelated adverse effects [4] and worsening of psychotic ... anticonvulsants and/ or lithium; not antidepressants or benzodiazepines) within the standard course of care During the acute treatment phase, assessments took place at baseline and 1, 2, 3, and 12 weeks ... between clinical factors and incident TDD Table provides associations between incident TDD and hypothesized dichotomous variables; presence of sexual dysfunction, amenorrhea and EPS were found to...