Cognitive Assessment At ICU Discharge Following Critical Illness May Help Identify A Higher Risk Of Severe Physical Disabilities

A cognitive assessment following discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) for a critical illness may help identify individuals at a higher risk of developing new severe physical disabilities within six months. A study at Albert Einstein College of Medicine that used a simplified version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-Blind) to assess people a few days after discharge from an ICU and again six months later found that 23.3% of those with poor scores on the MoCA-Blind had developed a new severe physical disability and 17.4% had died. Among those who could not complete the . . .