Influence of medicines on the cognitive skills of children with chronic diseases
Abstract
The report aims to indicate the impact of chronic diseases and medical treatment of these diseaseson the cognitive skills and the life of children with chronic diseases. Taking drugs for some chronic diseasesmay significantly affect the learning process of children suffering from that disease. In some cases of childrenwith certain chronic diseases it is possible to observe a deficit in cognitive skills. In most cases, thesedisorders are caused not only by medical indications but by complex factors.Downloads
References
Belcheva, A, Uzunov,P. (1998).Pharmacology
Bowes, S., Lowes, L., Warner, J. & Gregory, JW (2008). Chronic sorrow in parents in parents of children with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(5), 992–1000.
Brandi Hainault, (2013). EDUCATING CHILDREN. EDUCATING CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES.(p.6)
Children's Hospital of Chicago. (2006). Cognitive Sequelae of Pediatric Illnesses
Fastenau, PS, Shen, J., Dunn, DW & Austin, JK (2008). Academic achievement among children with epilepsy. Journal of Learning Disability, 41(3), 195–207.
Frank Zelko & Lisa Sorensen, (2006). Cognitive Sequelae of Pediatric Illnesses.
Hershey, T., Lillie, R. & White, NH (2004). A prospective study of severe hypoglycaemia and long term spatial memory in children with type 1 diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes, 5, 63–71.
Lagae, L. (2006). Cognitive side effects of anti-epileptic drugs: The relevance in childhood epilepsy. European Journal of Epilepsy, 15(4), 235–241
Lowes, L., Gregory, JW & Lyne, P. (2005). Newly diagnosed childhood diabetes: A psychosocial transition for parents? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 50(3), 253–261.
Northam, EA, Anderson, PJ, Werther, GA et al. (1998). Neuropsychological complications of IDDM in children 2 years after disease onset. Diabetes Care, 21(3), 379–384.
Rovet, J. & Alvarez, M. (1997). Attentional functioning in children and adolescents with IDDM. Diabetes Care, 20(5), 803–810.
Powell T. Consultation-liaison psychiatry and clinical ethics. Psychosomatics 1997.
Schatz, J., Finke, RL, Kellett, JM & Kramer, JH (2002). Cognitive functioning in children with sickle cell disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 27(8), 739–748.
Whigham, KB & Burns, TG (2008). WISC-IV performance of children treated for seizures with monotherapy medication [Poster]
