Grand Rounds - February 14, 2025
"Delirium: Identification and Management"
Speaker: Christina Boncyk, MD. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Critical illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Objectives
- Identify which patients are at risk for delirium, including the importance of recognizing delirium in the elderly population.
- Differentiate between delirium, dementia, and confusion.
- Evaluate how to prevent or mitigate delirium in the ICU, and how to treat resulting behaviors to prevent violence effectively.
- Write a treatment plan to manage delirium as a team effectively.
Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals.
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