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Adaption of a neuropsychological assessment battery from in-person to telephone or videoconference administration
Contributed by Yonah Joffe1, MS, Tamara G. Fong, MD, PhD2,3, and Eva M. Schmitt, PhD3 1Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 2Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 3Aging Brain Center, Marcus Institute for Aging Research Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA, USA Introduction […]
Investigator of the Month (January 2025): Christina Boncyk, MD
Christina Boncyk, MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 2013 and stayed in Madison to complete her residency in Anesthesiology at the University […]
Long-term Outcomes After Treatment of Delirium during Critical Illness with Antipsychotics: Results from the MIND-USA trial
Contributed by Matthew F. Mart, MD, MSCI1 and Timothy D. Girard, MD, MSCI2 1 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 2 Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA Background Delirium is common during critical illness and is associated with higher mortality, longer […]
Investigator of the Month (December 2024): Dr. Lis Evered
Dr. Lis Evered is Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, in the US, and Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Australia, maintaining research teams in both NY and Melbourne. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, with extensive publications and several […]
How Brain Atrophy and Delirium Team Up to Accelerate Post-Surgery Cognitive Decline in Older People Without Dementia
Contributed by Michele Cavallari, MD, PhD, Center for Neurological Imaging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School; and Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife; Boston, MA. Rationale and Objective Postoperative delirium is a common acute confusional state, affecting up to half of older surgical patients [1] and is an established independent risk factor for […]
Investigator of the Month (November 2024): Dr. Susana Vacas
Susana Vacas, MD, PhD, is a neuroanesthesiologist, clinician innovator, investigator, and educator at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She completed her postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco, where her research focused on the underlying mechanisms and risk factors of perioperative neurocognitive disorders, a set of debilitating, costly, and increasingly pervasive […]
Performance and Validation of Two ICU Delirium Assessment and Severity Tools: A Prospective Observational Study
Contributed by Mark van den Boogaard, RN, PhD, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Background Delirium is common in intensive care unit (ICU) and medium care unit (MCU) settings 1, 2 and associated with number of deleterious short and long-term outcomes, including long-term cognitive impairment. Current guidelines recommend that ICU/MCU patients should be routinely […]
Investigator of the Month (October 2024): Dr. Kendall Smith
Dr. S. Kendall Smith, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, specializing in general anesthesiology and critical care medicine. Her clinical expertise is complemented by a robust research program that focuses on the impact of circadian health on clinical outcomes of hospitalized and critically ill […]
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