Appropriate clinical care for delirious patients is crucial. Hospitals should get credit for the complexity of that care but current CMS rules only do so if it's called 'encephalopathy', not if it's correctly termed 'delirium.' See below & let CMS know this should be changed!

Initiation of antihypertensive medication was associated with with elevated risks of fractures and falls among older long-term nursing home residents. ja.ma/4d7wNNg

Preop 'cognitive training' reportedly reduces delirium.

📱 The Light of Future Android phone app
⏱️ Median gameplay: 6h (IQR 5, 7) (eFigure 1)

Are the data believable?

📝 Can you 'study' for delirium tests?

Link: doi.org/10.1001/jamane…

Exciting news! The 14th Annual Conference is just around the corner on June 9-11, 2024! #ADS24SAC
A block of rooms has been reserved for the conference registrants at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento! Reserve your hotel room today at the ADS Conference Rate of $219/night while space…

We look forward to welcoming Mark Oldham to UNMC Department of Psychiatry grand rounds this July!

More details forthcoming.

#UNMCPsychGR

Don't Miss Out! This year's American Delirium Society Annual Conference is shaping up to be a tour de force of delirium science and clinical application, featuring a lineup of esteemed national and international delirium experts. The conference will cover a wide range of topics,…

🚨 New paper out Age_and_Ageing and the pleasure of working with Liz Sampson again.

Conclusion 'An increase in pain is associated with a higher risk of developing delirium in older adults admitted to hospital'

doi.org/10.1093/ageing…

#delirium UCL Marie Curie Marie Curie EOLC

Mark Oldham, Patrick Walsh, PhD, and Hochang Lee, alongside Bennett Kukla, BA of Cornell University published a secondary analysis on sex differences in delirium risk and affective and cognitive symptoms after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

🤯I did not know about the Never Use Alone Hotline! Adding that to my discharge instructions as well as ways to get xylazine and fentanyl test strips!
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🏥 Women having CABG have ⬆️ #delirium & worse outcomes overall.

🫀 Addressing heart disease in women is crucial: goredforwomen.org/en/

📝Our work suggests that MCA stenosis & MCI status might explain a portion of these sex differences in outcomes.

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/089198…

The real reason that a minute isn't an official SI unit is that it's actually a highly variable length of time. I've been working for 3 days on a job that I was assured would just take a minute