Patrick Teixeira Machado, Claudia Lecoultre, Cécile Courbon
Cross-sectional and Correlational Examination of Patients' Preoperative Anxiety, Information Need, and Health Literacy in a Presurgical Consultation
Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
aiming part discussion cognitive functioning patients arachnoid cysts ac value neuropsychological testing patients present study investigated cognitive functioning 32 children acs middle cranial fossa compared stanford binet 5 sb 5 results obtained patients population mean values analysed relation patients clinical details results sb 5 main conclusions research 1 sb 5 tasks tested group performed worse population mean could related ac middle cranial fossa deficits concern especially visuospatial reasoning quantitative reasoning knowledge obtained results indicate coexistence cognitive impairment ac middle cranial fossa 2 patients ac neuroimaging information limited predictive ability regarding cognitive syndromes 3 complaints reported interview necessarily objectively reflected clinical assessment neuropsychological assessment part management patients ac 4 cognitive deficits patients ac may become pronounced age accordingly increasing school difficulties patients expected light clear indication need neuropsychological support support school functioning patients ac 5 neuropsychological control patients ac crucial regard treatment decisions primarily monitoring school performance providing patients adequate neuropsychological psychological support