Margaret Pisani (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA) speaks from the 2019 ATS conference in Dallas, TX, USA about the impact of delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) and new evidence on the potential benefits of pharmacological interventions to manage delirium. She also discusses the unmet needs for ICU patients with delirium and next steps in addressing these unmet needs.
Questions
1. How common is delirium in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and what impact does it have on them? (0:04)
2. How are patients with delirium in the ICU commonly managed? (1:25)
3. What do the clinical practice guidelines for the management of delirium in ICU patients currently recommend? (2:37)
4. What new evidence is available on the potential benefits of pharmacological interventions to manage delirium? (3:54)
5. What unmet needs remain for ICU patients with delirium and what are the next steps in addressing these unmet needs? (4:48)
Speaker disclosure: Margaret Pisani has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.
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Filmed at ATS 2019, Dallas, TX, USA, May 2019.
