A5018916801- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Neurological and metabolic disorders
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Neurological Complications and Syndromes
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
- Ethics in medical practice
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Neurology and Historical Studies
Stanford University
2015-2025
Stanford Medicine
2010-2020
George Washington University
2015
Psychosocial factors may significantly affect post-transplant outcomes. The Stanford Integrated Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) was developed as an assessment tool to enhance the pre-transplant psychosocial evaluation.We identified heart, lung, liver, or kidney transplant recipients assessed with SIPAT pre-transplantation and transplanted between June 1, 2008, July 31, 2011, at our institution. We analyzed prospectively accumulated medical outcomes 1 year of follow-up.217 patients...
AimsThe prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among hospitalized medically ill patients exceeds 40%. Most AUD experience uncomplicated withdrawal syndrome (AWS), requiring only supportive medical intervention, while complicated AWS occurs in up to 20% cases (i.e. seizures, delirium tremens). We aimed prospectively test and validate the Prediction Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale (PAWSS), a new tool identify at risk for developing AWS, patients.
Patients with delirium may fail to respond standard therapies. Sixteen patients management-refractory hyperactive responded adjunctive valproic acid, complete resolution of in 13 cases. A rationale for using acid such circumstances is discussed.
Background Delirium is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The factors post-lung transplant delirium its impact on outcomes are under characterized. Methods medical records of 163 consecutive adult lung recipients were reviewed for within 5 days (early-onset) 30 hospital (ever-onset) post-transplantation. A multivariable logistic regression model assessed delirium. Multivariable negative binomial Cox proportional hazards models the association ventilator duration, intensive...
The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms conditions. During their twice-weekly rounds, Dr Stern other members of the discuss diagnosis management hospitalized patients complex or problems who also demonstrate These discussions have given rise to rounds reports that will prove useful for clinicians practicing interface medicine psychiatry. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2025;27(1):24f03823....