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Upcoming Webinars:
September 24, 2024 1pm-2pm ET--Sensory Loss and Cognition presented by: Nick Reed, PhD & Josh Ehrlich, MDS
October 15, 2024 12pm-1pm ET--How to Win Over Editors and Reviewers: Pearls from a Journal Editor presented by: Sharon Inouye, MD, MPH
November 21, 2024 1pm-2pm ET--Expanding the Horizons of Delirium Prediction by Leveraging Artificial Intelligence presented by: Heidi Lindroth, RN, PhD & Anirban Bhattacharyya, MD, MPH
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2025-2026 Pilot LOI Applications due December 6, 2024
Two $40,000 pilot grants will be awarded for the 2025-2026 cyclePilot Info Session: November 6, 2024 12-1pm EST
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Boot Camp 2024: October 27-29
Applications Closed for 2024
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USDeN Releases Pilot RFA
The US Deprescribing Research Network is pleased to announce a new Request for Application for Pilot Awards. The maximum budget per award is $30,000 in direct costs (and no more than $50,000 in combined direct and indirect cost). Letter of Intent (Required): Due November 12, 2024 Full application: Due January 31, 2025 Read more about […]
October 1, 2024 USDeN Webinar: N-of-1 Trials to Promote Deprescribing
Join the USDeN October 1, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET (11:00 am PT) for a special webinar: N-of-1 Trials to Promote Deprescribing. The featured presenter will be Dr. Parag Goyal of Weill Cornell Medicine. This webinar will outline the potential value of N-of-1 trials as an innovative strategy to promote deprescribing. More broadly, it will […]
Prevention of postoperative delirium using an overnight infusion of dexmedetomidine in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A pragmatic, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial
Contributed by Olivier Huet, MD, PhD, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France. Background Postoperative delirium is acknowledged to have a significant negative impact on patient outcome after cardiac surgery including long-term cognitive decline. To date, there is no specific treatment for postoperative delirium 1. Prevention of postoperative delirium primarily relies on patient re-orientation, mobility and […]