Yasmin Ibrahim Abdelkader Khider, Shaimaa Mohamed Elghareeb Allam, Mohamed A Zoromba, Heba Mohammed Mahmoud Elhapashy
Nursing students' perspectives on patients' safety competencies: a cross-sectional survey
BMC nursing
deep brain stimulation bilateral subthalamic nucleus stndbs improves motor fluctuation severe dyskinesia advanced parkinsons disease pd effects nonmotor symptoms neurocognitive side effects also influence quality life patients pd caregivers predictive quantitative factors associated postoperative neurocognitive deterioration therefore warrant attention evaluated preoperative electroencephalogram eeg predictive marker changes neurocognitive functions surgery scalp eeg recorded preoperatively 17 patients pd underwent bilateral stndbs global relative power theta alpha beta bands calculated cognitive function assessed neuropsychological batteries preoperatively 1 year stndbs performance symbol search subtest wais iii declined 1 year dbs theta band chosen analysis 40 cutoff point increased 40 decreased 40 power significant differences two groups baseline performance neuropsychological batteries found except digit symbol coding subtest wais iii changes visual spatial functions significantly different groups increased theta band power group demonstrated significant deterioration performance wais iii matrix reasoning subtest copy immediate recall tasks reyosterrieth complex figure test findings suggest preoperative increases theta power related postoperative deterioration visuospatial function indicates predictive potential preoperative quantitative eeg neurocognitive changes stndbs