The latest Annals of Delirium is free to read and download from the European Delirium Association website. Enjoy its eclectic content and why not consider contributing to the next edition. Contact details in the latest edition.
http://www.europeandeliriumassociation.com/news/annals-of-delirium-march-2013-vol-10/
The Hope-ICU trial will be presented as an oral abstract as a Late Breaking Clinical Trial at the American Thoracic Society Conference in Philadelphia in May. Does haloperidol reduce delirium in critically ill patients? Watch this website for news of when the trial will be published.
The Annals of Delirium is calling for contributions to its next edition. It is the lively informative newsletter published on line by the European Delirium Association. Articles vary from patients recollection of their experiences, to improvements on a dementia ward through to basic science. If you have some experience, information or something relating to delirium you would like to get off your chest send it to an editor at valerie.page@whht.nhs.uk or andrew.teodorczuk@newcastle.ac.uk
Previous editions available to read at www.europeandeliriumassociation.com
This year Professor Wes Ely is a key note speaker, only one highlight in a programme that will cover latest advances in research and practice, from basic science to clinical implementation.
Leuven is a great city to visit and easily accessible from the UK.
Deadline for abstract submission symposia and workshops is April 15, 2013
More information from:
http://www.kuleuven.be/communicatie/congresbureau/congres/EDA2013/
Seasons Greetings from www.icudelirium.co.uk. And looking forward to ….
Next year! The Royal College of Anaesthetists include a session on delirium in their May conference in Birmingham with Valerie Page talking science and journalist David Aaronvitch and personal experience. The European Delirium Association are meeting in the autumn at Leuven, Belgium. Also we look forward to hearing the results of key trials - more from the Dutch melatonin trial and answers from the Hope-ICU trial from Watford which asks ’haloperidol in the critically ill patient, therapy or truncheon?’
Delirium critical care conference on 6th November at The Auction House in Luton is being run by the Herts and Beds Critical Care network. Speakers include Dr Valerie Page, Dr Jacobus Preller and Pete Gibb from ICUsteps.
Its all day and it is free to attend - book your place now.
Contact Emer Corbett 07825102102 or e mail emer.corbett@nhs.net
Happy Birthday to this website! 4 years old and up to around 1000 hits a month…
Yoanna Skrobik, a leading authority in ICU delirium, is a late addition to lecture at this years European Delirium Association Congress, Bielefeld, Germany October 18th to 19th. Book now!
Given the evidence to date, limited though it is, should we be giving prophylactic haloperidol to all our critically ill patients? Read the thought-provoking letter in August Critical Care Medicine “The largest ever trial demonstrating effectiveness of intensive care delirium prophylaxis-We must know more!”* written by Dr Reade to find out the questions that need answering first. CCM 2012;40:2540
*Wang et al CCM 2012;40:731-739: for a summary see the latest Annals of Delirium on the European Delirium Association website
There is a paper in the July 5th edition of the New England Journal of Medicine which concludes “Delirium is associated with a significant decline in cognitive ability during the first year after cardiac surgery, with a trajectory characterized by an initial decline and prolonged impairment”. This is an important paper in a high impact journal. Note to self: Delirium causes an ”acquired dementia”.
