Confused Hospitalized Older Persons (CHOPS) Has it Going On
I’ve been waiting a while for a video like this from an older physician who has some experience and perspective on the challenge of assessing and managing delirium in elderly patients. Dr. Helen...
View ArticleProfessor Yahya Shehabi’s Talk: Missing Links in Diagnosing Delirium in ICU
This video about the missing links in diagnosing delirium is about two years old, but the difficult situation regarding research into this neuropsychiatric disaster that Dr. Shehabi describes in it...
View ArticleQuiz Results On The Psychiatrist’s Role In Delirium
As promised, today I closed the quiz on the psychiatrist’s role in delirium in the intensive care unit and I’ll explain my answers. The questions were adapted from the book on ICU delirium by Valerie...
View ArticleAttention, Medical Students! Article on Bedside Test for Delirium
So this is really just an announcement to the medical students rotating through our psychiatry clerkship, although you’re all welcome to eavesdrop. I give the lecture on delirium and major...
View ArticleDelirium: Time to Transcend the News Reports and Work on the Problem
Some people thought the news article on delirium, which has been republished a few times, could have gone further to characterize delirium as a life-threatening complication of medical illness. It’s...
View ArticleAmerican Delirium Society Blog by Dr. James Rudolph
Hey, here’s a shout-out about a new blog post by Jim Rudolph, MD, on the American Delirium Society (ADS) website: Building a Quality Program Around Delirium | American Delirium Society...
View ArticleCPCP: Delirium Associated with Baclofen Withdrawal
This is a short Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) on the topic of baclofen withdrawal associated delirium. One of the medical students, Daniel Fox, found the article for this...
View ArticleThe Geezer’s Smartphone Saga Begins
OK, so I started shopping for a smartphone yesterday on my carrier’s website. I stopped in the Psychiatry Consultation Service Staff Office and asked a few of the residents (after interrupting them...
View ArticleDelirium, Dementia, and Dentistry for Medical Students Updated
This is the link to the most recent update to the Delirium and Major Neurocognitive Disorder powerpoint lecture for medical students or whoever is interested in the topic. On the date in July when I’m...
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