In this episode of Critical Matters, we take a deep dive in delirium with Wesley Ely, MD. Dr. Ely is a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the co-director of the Center for Critical Illness, Brain dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS Center), which has enrolled thousands of patients into clinical trials answering vital questions about ICU acquired brain disease and other components of ICU survivorship. His team developed the CAM-ICU, and he has published extensively on the topic.

Additional Resources:

Link to the CIBS Center website, which contains a wealth of resources for intensivists on the topic of delirium: https://bit.ly/2HfdQ0n

The MIND-USA trial evaluated haloperidol and ziprasidone in ICU patients with delirium: https://bit.ly/2OQ5gIE

Caring for Critically Ill Patients with the ABCDEF Bundle: Results of the ICU Liberation Collaborative in Over 15,000 Adults: https://bit.ly/2VWLUlm

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown: https://amzn.to/2RMmcRe

Solzhenitsyn: A soul in exile by Joseph Pearce: https://amzn.to/2RPhpi0

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl: https://amzn.to/2VZ2ZLb

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande: https://amzn.to/2HfeQ4D

Music Mentioned in This Episode:

The Chronic by Dr. Dre: https://amzn.to/2HffeA7