Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effect of a Cognitive Training Intervention for Postoperative Cardiac Surgical Patients

Thesis advisor: Barbara E. Wolfe === Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is characterized by a decline in cognitive performance following anesthesia and surgery and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the postoperative period. Moreover, studies suggest that patients who develop POC...

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Main Author: Lorette Calvin, Connie Lynne
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2215