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Neuropsychological, Academic, and Adaptive Functioning in Children Who Survive in-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationRobin D. Morris received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Florida in 1982. He is presently an associate professor of psychology at Georgia State University. Dr. Morris has published extensively about children with neurobehavioral disorders.
Nicolas S. Krawiecki received his MD from the Facultué Mixte de Medecine et de Pharmacie in Lyon, France, in 1972. He is presently an associate professor of pediatrics and the chief of pediatric neurology in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine and Egleston Hospital. Dr. Krawiecki has research interest in children with neurobehavioral disorders, mitochondrial disease, and brain tumors.
Jean A. Wright received her MD from Wayne State University in 1978. She is an assistant professor of pediatrics and anesthesia and the director of the Division of Critical Care Medicine, the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and Respiratory Care Department at Egleston Children's Hospital at Emory. She has published articles about pediatric resuscitation, heart disease in children, and pediatric cardiac arrest.
L. Warren Walter received his PhD in clinical psychology, with a specialty in clinical child and family, from Georgia State University in 1989. He is currently in private practice in the Atlanta area, where he focuses on children and families with developmental, learning, and emotional disorders. Address: Robin D. Morris, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303. Children suffering cardiac arrest (CA) are not uncommon in certain pediatric populations. Due to the increasing survival rates of child CA patients, there is a growing interest in, and concern for, their long-term intellectual, academic, emotional, and adaptive functioning. This article describes the possible neurologic sequelae of CA in children and presents standardized assessment results on 25 children, 2 to 15 years of age, who survived a CA while in the hospital. A majority of these children exhibited low-average to deficient levels of performance on neuropsychologic, achievement, and adaptive behavior measures. Duration of cardiac arrest and a medical risk score were significantly correlated with decreased functioning in child CA patients. Children who suffer a cardiac arrest are at high risk for academic struggles, and many may need special education services.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 26, No. 1,
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