Caudwell Xtreme Everest: A prospective study of the effects of environmental hypoxia on cognitive functioning.

Background: The neuropsychological consequences of exposure to environmental hypobaric hypoxia (EHH) remain unclear. We thus investigated them in a large group of healthy volunteers who trekked to Mount Everest base camp (5,300 m).

Methods: A neuropsychological (NP) test battery assessing memory, language, attention, and executive function was administered to 198 participants (age 44.

What do we know about cognitive functioning in adult congenital heart disease?

With the advent of improved medical and surgical care in congenital heart disease, there has been an increase in the number of patients who survive into adulthood, giving rise to a new patient population 'Adults with congenital heart disease'. In the past, morbidity and mortality were the primary concerns for this group. However, with improvements in outcome attention has shifted to other factors such as psychosocial and cognitive functioning.

Quality of life of adult congenital heart disease patients: a systematic review of the literature.

Aims: This review explores the quality of life of adult congenital heart disease patients and the relationship between disease severity and quality of life.

Methods: We searched seven electronic databases and the bibliography of articles. The 31 selected studies fulfilled the following criteria: adult population; quantitative; assessment of quality of life and/or impact of disease severity on quality of life using validated measures; English language.

Predictors of patient satisfaction with anaesthesia and surgery care: a cohort study using the Postoperative Quality of Recovery Scale.

Context: Previous research has shown that most patients are satisfied with their anaesthetic care. For those who are not the causes may be multifactorial including dissatisfaction with surgical outcomes.

Objectives: We aimed to identify whether quality of recovery after anaesthesia and surgery measured in multiple domains affects patient satisfaction.

Religious/spiritual coping resources and their relationship with adjustment in patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK.

Background: Religious/spiritual resources may serve multiple functions in adjustment to cancer. However, there is very little evidence of the importance of religious/spiritual variables outside the USA. This paper reports the cross-sectional data of a longitudinal study examining the beneficial and harmful effects of religious/spiritual coping resources on adjustment in the first year after a breast cancer diagnosis.