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In our review of the research on psychic disorders after open heart surgery published 10 years ago [1], we pointed out the heterogeneity in description, assessment and classification of these disorders. One of the major consequences of the heterogeneity was a great variation in data on the prevalence of postoperative psychic disturbances; frequencies ranged from about 5 to more than 40 per cent.
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Gotze, P., Dahme, B., Lamparter, U., Falck, S. (1990). Methods — Construction and Clinical Application of the Hamburg Rating Scale for Psychic Disturbances (HRPD). In: Willner, A.E., Rodewald, G. (eds) Impact of Cardiac Surgery on the Quality of Life. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0647-4_2
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