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cord-005606-c8c2rfzi	Gordon, Sharon M.	Clinical identification of cognitive impairment in ICU survivors: insights for intensivists	2004-10-02		.txt	text/plain	4672	216	34	-Personality changes -Increased apathy -Loss of social inhibitions, display of socially inappropriate behavior with staff -Increased irritability or suspiciousness toward family, visitors, or medical team -Outbursts of inappropriate or unprovoked anger -Memory complaints -Difficulty learning new facts and information about one's medical condition -Persistent word finding problems -Inability to recall conversations with medical staff and recent events in the hospital such as visits by staff, family, or friends -Inability to remember having eaten or what was eaten at meal time -Executive dysfunction -Difficulty following nurses', physicians', or therapists' directions -Problems with planning and decision making related to such things as discharge planning -Confusion when trying to perform multiple tasks -Functional deficits -Difficulty looking up telephone numbers or using the telephone or other equipment such as the television and hospital bed -Decline in self-care not attributable to physical problems or limitations -Inability to find one's room -Inability to follow a conversation -Difficulty following through with tasks Caution should be exercised when drawing conclusions about cognitive functioning based on in-hospital assessments as performance may be adversely affected by factors such as fatigue and residual effects of sedative and narcotic medications.	./cache/cord-005606-c8c2rfzi.txt	./txt/cord-005606-c8c2rfzi.txt