Neuropsychological dysfunction in patients suffering from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Neuropsychological dysfunction in patients suffering from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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DOI:
10.1016/s0887-6177(00)00075-5
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发表时间:
2001-10-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Robbins, MK
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作者:
Crews, WD;Jefferson, AL;Robbins, MK
Few studies have examined the neuropsychological sequelae associated with end-stage pulmonary disease. Neuropsychological data are presented for 47 patients with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who were being evaluated as potential candidates for lung transplantation. Although patients exhibited a diversity of neurocognitive deficits, their highest frequencies of impairment were found on the Selective Reminding Test (SRT). Specifically, over 50% of the patients completing the SRT exhibited impaired immediate free recall and consistent long-term retrieval deficits, while more than 44% of these individuals displayed deficient longterm retrieval. Deficient SRT long-term storage strategies, cued recall, and delayed recall were exhibited by between 26% and 35% of these patients, while more than 32% of this sample displayed elevated numbers of intrusion errors. Over 31% of the patients completing the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) failed to achieve the expected number of categories on this measure, while more than 23% of these individuals demonstrated elevated numbers of perseverative errors and total errors. Clinically notable frequencies of impairment (greater than 20% of the sample) were also found on the Trail Making Test (TMT): Part B and the Wechsler Memory Scale-R (WMS-R) Visual Reproduction II subtest. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) personality assessments indicated that patients were experiencing a diversity of somatic complaints and that they may have been functioning at a reduced level of efficiency. These findings are discussed in light of patients' end-stage COPD and factors possibly contributing to their neuropsychological test performances. Implications for clinical practice and future research are also included. (C) 2001 National Academy of Neuropsychology. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.