Psychopathological disorders before and after heart surgery
Götze, P.
Recenti Progressi in Medicina 82(1): 54-58
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-1193 PMID: 1674164 Document Number: 377284
The author describes the frequencies and characteristics of psychopathological disorders before and after open heart surgery. In addition to cognitive and anxious-depressive mood disorders in the preoperative time, anxiety and coping are prominent. Postoperatively, different mood and cognitive disorders, psychotic reactions and delirious syndromes may be found. Conditions and causes of psychopathological disorders are discussed with the aid of the literature and present results. Therapeutic possibilities are outlined.