Delirium Monitoring: Yes or No? That Is The Question

Annachiara Marra¹, Katarzyna Kotfis², Annmarie Hosie²+4

• ¹Annachiara Marra is an anesthesiologist, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, and Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. Katarzyna Kotfis is an assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Acute Intoxications, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland. Annmarie Hosie is a postdoctoral research fellow, IMPACCT-Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia. Alasdair M. J. MacLullich is a professor, Edinburgh Delirium Research Group, Geriatric Medicine Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Pratik P. Pandharipande is a professor, Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, and Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. E. Wesley Ely is a professor, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, and Center for Quality Aging, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and associate director for research, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, and CIBS Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Brenda T. Pun is an advanced practice nurse, CIBS Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. dottmarraannachiara@gmail.com.+1