Quality of life, emotional abnormalities, and cognitive dysfunction in survivors of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome

Ramona O Hopkins; Margaret S Herridge

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2006.06.003

Quality of life, emotional abnormalities, and cognitive dysfunction in survivors of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome

Clin Chest Med. 2006 Dec;27(4):679-89; abstract x. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2006.06.003.

Authors

Ramona O Hopkins¹, Margaret S Herridge

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT 84143, USA. ramona.hopkins@intermountainmail.org

PMID: 17085255
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2006.06.003

Abstract

This article provides a brief discussion of the recent literature linking quality-of-life impairment to physical dysfunction after acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome. Its main focus is a review of the current knowledge concerning cognitive and emotional outcomes after lung injury and their impact on long-term quality of life.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Affective Symptoms / etiology*
Affective Symptoms / psychology
Cognition / physiology*
Cognition Disorders / etiology*
Cognition Disorders / psychology
Emotions / physiology*
Humans
Quality of Life*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / complications
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / psychology*
Severity of Illness Index

Grants and funding

DHSSR0302108/PHS HHS/United States