Dr. Sager presents Delirium and how common it is through various statistics before explaining the Delirium DSM- 5 Criteria. He then discusses the many paths that lead to the development of Delirium and why that makes it so difficult to treat as well as the diagnosis of Delirium and the different risk factors involved like dementia, immobility, sensory impairment, etc. While treatment is hard to come by, Dr. Sager discusses the different treatments available.
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Louisville Lectures welcomes you to the third phase of our Boot Camp series. We continue presenting high-yield, critical topics that are useful to starting interns.
Phase Three
Or Anything But Cute
This week, we will look at two highly anticipated videos, Acute Kidney Injury by Dr. George Aronoff and Acute Mental Status Changes by Dr. Charlene Mitchell.
Catch up - Phase One & Two
If you missed phase one & two, now is your chance to view them.
Dr. George Aronoff presented this lecture while on faculty at the University of Louisville and held professorships with medicine as well as pharmacology. Dr. Aronoff is currently an Assistant CMO at Renal Ventures Management in Colorado. In this lecture, Dr. Aronoff discusses acute kidney injury. Disclaimer: http://LouisvilleLectures.org/disclaimer ©2015 LouisvilleLectures.org
Acute Mental Status Changes
Dr. Charlene Mitchell is a member of the University of Louisville faculty with a dual appointment in internal medicine and pediatrics. She is one of the teaching faculty for the internal medicine inpatient service at University of Louisville Hospital. In this lecture she discusses her approach to assessment and diagnosis acute mental status changes.
Some items in this lecture may have come from the lecturer’s personal academic files or have been cited in-line or at the end of the lecture. For more information, see our citation page.
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Dr. Charlene Mitchell gives a thorough talk on altered mental status including clinical features, risk factors, epidemiology, pathogenesis, management and prevention. A must for all house staff officers and hospitalists!
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