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Writing Disturbances: An Indicator for Postoperative Delirium

Aakerlund, Lars Peter ; Rosenberg, Jacob

International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 1994-01, Vol.24 (3), p.245-257 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

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Writing Disturbances: An Indicator for Postoperative Delirium
Autor: Aakerlund, Lars Peter ; Rosenberg, Jacob
Assuntos: Adult ; Adult and adolescent clinical studies ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Agraphia - diagnosis ; Agraphia - psychology ; Biological and medical sciences ; Delirium ; Delirium - diagnosis ; Delirium - psychology ; Female ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms - psychology ; Lung Neoplasms - surgery ; Male ; Medical sciences ; Middle Aged ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology ; Ostomy ; Pneumonectomy ; Postoperative Complications - diagnosis ; Postoperative Complications - psychology ; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry ; Psychopathology. Psychiatry ; Thoracotomy ; Writing
É parte de: International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 1994-01, Vol.24 (3), p.245-257
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Descrição: Objective: To study the writing ability pre- and postoperatively in patients undergoing major surgery. Method: In an open study twenty-four consecutive patients undergoing thoracotomy for pulmonary malignancy were monitored for postoperative delirium throughout their stay in the hospital. The writing ability was tested on a preoperative day and on the third day after the operation. Main outcome measures were delirium according to the DSM-III-R criteria and writing ability assessed on items such as reluctance to write and motor-, spatial-, syntactical- and spelling disorders. Results: Five patients (21%) developed delirium according to the DSM-III-R criteria. The writing of all patients with delirium was severely impaired with features like reluctance to write, motor disability and spatial disturbances. No patient without delirium developed these disturbances. Conclusions: These results suggest that testing of writing ability may be useful in the diagnosis of delirium. The Delirium Writing Test is proposed as a diagnostic tool.
Editor: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
Idioma: Inglês

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Writing Disturbances: An Indicator for Postoperative Delirium

Aakerlund, Lars Peter ; Rosenberg, Jacob

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

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