Cognitive and Functional Outcome After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

摘要: Background and Purpose— Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a medical emergency characterized by the accumulation of blood in space surrounding brain. The acute treatment aSAH well documented but less known about long-term effects on cognition day-to-day functioning. Methods— We reviewed all studies past 10 years that have focused Results— Sixty-one empirical examining cognitive functional outcome patients with met inclusion criteria. Survivors commonly experience deficits memory, executive function, language. These impairments interact to affect patients’ functioning, including activities daily living, instrumental return work, quality life. Deficits functioning are further compounded depression, anxiety, fatigue, sleep disturbances. Conclusions— Much...