Screening effects of Montreal Cognitive Assessment for sepsis associated encephalopathy

VernacularTitle:蒙特利尔认知评估量表在脓毒症相关性脑病筛查中的应用
Author: Jiaquan LIU ; Zili ZHANG ; Dequan KONG ; Chengbin YANG ; Yuzhen WU ; Yaben YAO ; Weicheng WU ; Mandong PAN ; Jiyan LIN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Sepsis; Cognition disorder
From: Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2012;11(9):680-682
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: A total of 192 patients with sepsis were tested by Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for a preliminary diagnosis of whether or not there was sepsis associated encephalopathy (SAE) according to their test results.SAE was diagnosed or excluded after consultations and comprehensive analysis on the basis of clinical manifestations and auxiliary examination results.The scores of the patients in this group were (25.7 ± 3.3) points.The sensitivity of MoCA for screening SAE was 0.776 and its specificity 0.963.The rate of diagnostic coincidence between MoCA and comprehensive analysis for SAE was 0.880.The diagnostic concordance between two diagnostic methods of SAE was excellent (kappa value =0.753 ± 0.048,P =0.000).The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of MoCA for screening SAE was 0.929 ± 0.019 (P =0.000) ; the optimal cutoff value was 25.5 points; and its sensitivity was 0.779 and specificity 0.962.And negative correlations existed between score of MoCA and age,disease course and co-existing shock or multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (P ＜ 0.05).