Neuropsychological Recovery after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

ISBN-13: 9783639138412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 136 str.

Shelley Peery

Opis

This study examined the effect of demographic andclinical variables on recovery of neuropsychologicalfunctioning after SAH. Medical condition and hospitalcourse, including disease severity and complications,were recorded prospectively. Demographics includingage, sex, race/ethnicity, primary language, and yearsof education were obtained via interview. Three and12 months after the SAH, participants were invited tocomplete a comprehensive neuropsychological batteryin the patients preferred language, English orSpanish. Overall cognition and 7 cognitive domainswere assessed: attention, psychomotor speed,visuospatial skills, language, verbal and visualmemory, and executive functions. Psychomotor speedand attention recovered over time. Global mentalstatus 3 months after SAH was the best correlate ofneuropsychological functioning at one year. Factorsthat contributed to greater cognitive impairmentafter SAH included older age, anterior aneurysmlocation, amount and location of blood, infarctions,cerebral edema, worse clinical grade, male sex, andnot speaking English, but not vasospasm alone.Findings are discussed in relation to current literature.

O autorze

Shelley Peery , Ph.D., is a Clinical Neuropsychologist at Bright
Minds Institute in San Francisco, CA. She earned her doctorate
from the City University of New York. She completed
post-doctoral training and retains faculty status at NYU. Dr.
Peery teaches neuropsychology at the graduate level at Argosy
University at the San Francisco campus.