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“Releasing A Lot Of Poisons From My Mind”: Patients' Delusional Memories Of Intensive Care, Jill L. Guttormson
“Releasing A Lot Of Poisons From My Mind”: Patients' Delusional Memories Of Intensive Care, Jill L. Guttormson
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Objectives
To describe intensive care unit (ICU) patients' delusional memories and interpretations of those memories.
Background
Delusional memories of the ICU are distressing for patients and may impact psychological recovery.
Methods
This is a secondary analysis from a study of mechanically ventilated patients' recall in relation to sedation. Subjects, recruited from one medical-surgical ICU, participated in structured interviews after extubation.
Results
Subjects (n = 35) with a mean age of 66 (SD 12.9) and on the ventilator a median of 4.5 days provided detailed descriptions of delusional memories of being shackled, caged, strangled, or being in a foreign country. …
Tooth Loss, Apolipoprotein E, And Decline In Delayed Word Recall, P. S. Stein, R. J. Kryscio, M. Desrosiers, Sara J. Donegan, M. B. Gibbs
Tooth Loss, Apolipoprotein E, And Decline In Delayed Word Recall, P. S. Stein, R. J. Kryscio, M. Desrosiers, Sara J. Donegan, M. B. Gibbs
School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications
Our previous research suggests an association between a low number of teeth and increased risk of dementia. The aim of the present study was to determine if a low number of teeth is specifically related to memory decline as evidenced by low Delayed Word Recall scores. In addition, we examined the combined effect of a low number of teeth and the apolipoprotein E ϵ4 allele on Delayed Word Recall scores. We hypothesized that the scores of those who had the allele and a low number of teeth (0-9) would decline more rapidly over time than those participants with a greater …