Neurol. praxi. 2024;25(6):455-464 | DOI: 10.36290/neu.2024.087

Management of patient with post-stroke cognitive impairment

MUDr. Dominik Koreň, PhD., Mgr. Miriam Slavkovská, PhD., prof. MUDr. Zuzana Gdovinová, PhD., FESO, FEAN
Neurologická klinika UPJŠ LF a UNLP Košice

Cognitive impairment (CI) after stroke is a frequent phenomenon. In some patients, CI can persist for a long time after overcoming stroke, which is referred to in the English literature as PCSI - post stroke cognitive impairment. It is a special nosological entity that needs to be diagnosed already during hospitalization, but a definitive diagnosis can only be made subsequently by a control examination of cognitive functions six months after stroke. The following article provides an up-to-date overview of the diagnosis, prediction and therapy of PSCI as a special nosological unit.

Keywords: post-stroke cognitive impairment, stroke, diagnostics, treatment.

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Koreň D, Slavkovská M, Gdovinová Z. Management of patient with post-stroke cognitive impairment. Neurol. praxi. 2024;25(6):455-464. doi: 10.36290/neu.2024.087.
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