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Delirium Research Hub Spotlight - Colm Cunningham

Delirium Research Hub Spotlight: Colm Cunningham, PhD

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Every few months, the Delirium Research Hub selects an investigator and research study included in the Delirium Research Hub to feature as a Spotlight Investigator. This month, we are featuring Dr. Colm Cunningham for his study “Brain Vulnerability, Inflammation, and Energy Metabolism in Animal Models”. His research focuses on the role of systemic inflammation on […]

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Beyond delirium: The neuropsychiatric dimensions of COVID-19

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Beyond delirium: The neuropsychiatric dimensions of COVID-19 By Mark Oldham, MD The data are clear and, sadly, just as clearly predictable.1,2 COVID-19 has caused delirium—lots of it in fact. Twenty to 30% of older adults with COVID-19 develop delirium, with older adults at higher risk of delirium than younger adults.3 Older adults with COVID-19 commonly […]

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Occupational Therapy: Strategies for Delirium Management

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Contributed by Evelyn Alvarez1,2,3  & Juan Pablo Saa4 1 Centro de Estudios en Neurociencia Humana y Neuropsicología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, 2 Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Central de Chile, Chile, 3 Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional y Ciencia de la Ocupación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Chile, 4 Florey […]

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Life Changing: Early Delirium Identification and Intervention

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Contributed by Kimberly Oosterhouse, PhD, RN, CNE, Loyola University Chicago, NIDUS Pilot Grant Awardee “Kim, I think this is it; she is not responding to me. Can you please come and be with us?” These are the words I woke up to one morning 16 years ago. My distraught grandfather called me from the inpatient […]

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Delirium Research Hub Investigator Spotlight: Miles Berger

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Every other month, the Delirium Research Hub selects an investigator and research study included in the Delirium Research Hub to feature as a Spotlight Investigator. This month, we are featuring Dr. Miles Berger, MD, PhD for his study “Markers of Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Outcomes after Perioperative Care (MADCO-PC).” This study investigates whether changes in […]

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Delirium Research Profile: Sangil Lee, MD

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Hi everyone,   My name is Sangil Lee, and I am currently working at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine as a clinical associate professor.   Tell us how you got started in delirium research.   My passion for clinical research has been with me since I became a physician in 2005, when […]

Delirium severity: how do (or should) we conceptualise and measure it?

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Contributed by Zoë Tieges, PhD, Psychology Research Fellow, Geriatric Medicine, Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh Severity grading of delirium in research and clinical practice may have important value in monitoring clinical course and recovery, in providing prognostic information for risk stratification, in informing treatment, and as endpoints in clinical trials. Fine-grained measures of delirium […]

New Systematic Review of Instruments for Identification of Delirium

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Contributed by Benjamin K. I. Helfand, MSc, MD/PhD (candidate), University of Massachusetts Medical School Delirium affects approximately 3 million older Americans annually, accounting for over $164 billion in healthcare expenditures.1 Delirium disproportionately affects our older population (over age 65) with major public health implications. Development of delirium is associated with prolonged hospitalization, cognitive decline, and […]

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