Most CDSS capabilities available in commercial EHR systems (e.g., drug-drug interaction alerts) address low-level cognitive functions, such as reminding or alerting.
Higher natriuretic peptide levels as a marker of cardiac stress previously have been associated with low level of cognitive function (33) and risk of future dementia (34).
In a group of patients with cognitive deficits this approach turned out to be efficient and therefore seems promising for this group of patients as a low level of cognitive functioning may turn out as a rate limiting factor for therapy Mueser et al. [ 38].
Erickson said: "The prefrontal cortex is involved in a lot of higher-level cognitive functions and the hippocampus is involved in memory formation.
"Sleep deprivation negatively impacts our mood, our ability to focus, and our ability to access higher-level cognitive functions," report the Harvard sleep doctors.
Persons with diabetes who had the lowest levels of cognitive functioning relative to the highest level of cognitive functioning had greater odds of dying (AOR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.67 0.96) or becoming disabled (AOR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.78 0.97).
Persons with diabetes who had the lowest levels of cognitive functioning relative to the highest level of cognitive functioning had a greater odds of dying (AOR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.67 0.96) or becoming disabled (AOR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.78 0.97) compared to those people who were disability free.
However, because of the unexpected high level of cognitive functioning and low levels of IGF-1 of our sample care is needed to generalize our results to the ALL population as a whole.
With the recent evidence demonstrating an inverse association between blood lead levels and cognitive function in children exposed to low levels of lead, there is no safety margin at existing exposures.
Overworking employees leads to low morale, lower cognitive function, and a fall off in productivity, according to a Stanford study.
