Feasibility and safety of virtual-reality-based early neurocognitive stimulation in critically ill patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Growing evidence suggests that critical illness often results in significant long-term neurocognitive impairments in one-third of survivors. Although these neurocognitive impairments are long-lasting and devastating for survivors, rehabilitation rarely occurs during or after critical illness. Our aim is to describe an early neurocognitive stimulation intervention based on virtual reality for patients who are critically ill and to present the results of a proof-of-concept study testing the feasibility, safety, and suitability of this intervention.

Methods

Twenty critically ill adult patients undergoing or having undergone mechanical ventilation for ≥24 h received daily 20-min neurocognitive stimulation sessions when awake and alert during their ICU stay. The diffic

SUBMITTER: Turon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5540744 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature