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Hypoactive Delirium: Differential Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment
Jordan H Rosen1, Ewa Bieber2,3, Sofia E Matta4,5
1Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders
|February 9, 2024
Summary
This service aids medical and surgical inpatients with psychiatric conditions. Rounds reports offer valuable insights for physicians at the medicine-psychiatry interface.
Area of Science:
- Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Inpatient Care
Background:
- Medical and surgical inpatients often present with comorbid psychiatric symptoms.
- Managing these complex cases requires interdisciplinary collaboration.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize psychiatric consultation rounds for complex inpatients.
- To provide useful reports for clinicians at the medicine-psychiatry interface.
Main Methods:
- Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital conducts twice-weekly rounds.
- Discussions focus on diagnosis and management of inpatients with medical/surgical and psychiatric conditions.
Main Results:
- Rounds reports are generated from these clinical discussions.
- These reports synthesize complex case information.
Conclusions:
- The generated rounds reports are valuable resources.
- Clinicians at the medicine-psychiatry interface can benefit from these reports.
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