This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of acute brain dysfunction in the critically ill. The book covers the basic pathophysiology of delirium, epidemiology, risk factors, outcomes associated with delirium, prevention and treatment of delirium, and challenges and techniques for improving delirium awareness.
Written by experts in the field,
Delirium: Acute Brain Dysfunction in the Critically Ill is a valuable resource for clinicians and practitioners that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts in this field.
Table of Content
Delirium: Definitions and Subtypes.- Monitoring for Delirium in Critically Ill Adults.- Epidemiology of Delirium in Critically Ill Adults: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes.- The Relationship between Delirium and Mental Health Outcomes: Current Insights and Future Directions.- Prediction Models for Delirium in Critically Ill Adults.- Pediatric Delirium Assessment, Prevention, and Management.- Epidemiology of Delirium in Children: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcomes.- Delirium After Primary Neurological Injury.- Neuroimaging Findings of Delirium.- Inflammatory Biomarkers and Neurotransmitter Perturbations in Delirium.- The Electroencephalogram and Delirium.- Endothelial Health and Delirium.- Preventive Strategies to Reduce Intensive Care Unit Delirium.- Treatment Strategies for Delirium.- Building a Delirium Network.
About the author
Christopher Hughes, MD, MS
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center
Nashville, TN
USA
Pratik Pandharipande, MD, MSCI
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
Co-Director, Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center
Nashville, TN
USA
E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Division of Allergy and Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Associate Director of Research, the Veteran’s Affairs Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC)
Co-Director, Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center
Nashville, TN
USA
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