Poster presentations

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[1]  Effectiveness of melatonin treatment on circadian rhythm disturbances in dementia. What are the implications for delirium? A systematic review.

A. de Jonghe ¹, J.C. Korevaar ², B.C. van Munster ¹, S.E. de Rooij ¹,

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatric section, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

²Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

 

[2]  Delirium management in a regional psychogeriatric unit in Southern Germany

 Walter Hewer, Hans-Walter Stark

Departments of Geriatric Psychiatry and Internal Medicine

Vinzenz von Paul Hospital D-78628 Rottweil, Germany

 

[3]  Actigraphy in elderly patients with delirium: acute stroke and exacerbation of COPD

Huib van Dis, Janneke Patberg, Chantal Holt, Denise Bijlenga

Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam and Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam

 

[4] Post-operative delirium in elderly patients: search for biomarkers

Cerejeira J1,2, Nogueira V1, Batista P1, Firmino H1, Vaz-Serra A1,2, Mukaetova-Ladinska EB3

1 - Coimbra University Hospitals, Coimbra, Portugal

2 - Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal

3 - Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

 

[5]  Defining delirium according to different interpretations of DSM-IV-TR criteria: the impact on diagnostic sensitivity

Cerejeira J1,2, Batista P1, Nogueira V1, Firmino H1, Vaz-Serra A1,2, Mukaetova-Ladinska EB3

1 - Coimbra University Hospitals, Coimbra, Portugal

2 - Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal

3 - Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

 

[6]  Delirium data divided into perioperative, geriatric, and terminal delirium. Is there use for a new clinical classification?

Jouko Laurila

Head of Department, Departments of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland

 

[7]  Is delirium misdiagnosed as depression in somatic wards?

Kirsten Abelskov, Head of consultation psychiatry.

University Hospital of Århus, Psychogeriatric Department of Risskov, Denmark

 

[8]  Descriptive study of decision making by Palliative Care, Aged Care, Aged Care Psychiatry, and Oncology nurses caring for confused patients in the inpatient care setting

 M.R. Agar1, B. Draper2, P. Phillips3, R. Griffiths4, J. Harlum5, C. Sanderson6, D. Currow6

1Flinders University, Dept Palliative and Supportive Services, Adelaide, Australia, 2University of New South Wales, Academic Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Sydney, Australia, 3Flinders University, Dept of Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, 4University of Western Sydney, Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Sydney, Australia, 5Sydney Southwest Area Health Service, Palliative Care, Sydney, Australia, 6Flinders University, Dept of Palliative and Supportive Services, Adelaide, Australia

 

[9]  Assessing severity of delirium by the Delirium Observation Screening Scale

Alice C.Scheffer1, Barbara C. van Munster1, Marieke J.Schuurmans2, Sophia E de Rooij1

1 Department of Internal and Geriatric Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2 Department of Health Science, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

 

[10]  Rivastigmine for delirium in Intensive Care patients, a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled add-on trial

M.M.J. van Eijk, M.L. Bots, E. Buskens, W.A. van Gool, M.L.H. Honing, M. van der Jagt, C.J. Kalisvaart, A. Karakus, M.A. Kuipers, R.C. van der Mast, M.J. Schuurmans, P.E. Spronk, J. Kesecioglu, A.J.C. Slooter

University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands

 

[11]  Improving the identifcation rate of delirium: using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) in acute elderly admissions

 T. Gill, A. Abbas, A.Thomson

Department of Elderly Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Lane, Salford, England

 

[12]  Delirium, dementia and mortality in elderly hip fracture patients.

 V. Juliebø, M. Krogseth, A. H. Ranhoff , T.B. Wyller,

University of Oslo, Dept. of Geriatric Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevaal, Norway

 

[13]  Baseline QTc duration predicts changes in QTc duration during Haloperidol use in an in-hospital population

MT. Blom1, A. Bardai1, M. Nieuwland1, BCvanMunster, SEJA. De Rooij1, HL. Tan1 -

(1) Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

[14]  Delirium in a University Palliative Care Unit

Marjolein Bannink, psychiatrist

Lia van Zuylen, medical oncologist

Karin van der Rijt, medical oncologist

Hetty van Veluw, nurse specialist palliative care

Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center

University Hospital Rotterdam

The Netherlands

 

[15]  Routine ICU delirium screening tool impacts on sedative and antipsychotic drug usage

V Page, P Mukherjee and S Marathe

ICU, Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford WD18 0HB, UK

 

[16]  Anaesthesia and postoperative delirium in elderly hip-surgery patients. A prospective cohort study.

Chantal J. Slor, Jos F de Jonghe, Ralph Vreeswijk, Erwin Groot, Tjeerd v.d. Ploeg, Willem A van Gool, Piet Eikelenboom en Kees Kalisvaart.

Medical Centre Alkmaar, The Netherlands

 

[17]  The ‘Harvard Flowsheet', a practical algorithm to diagnose delirium in intensive care - validity and reliability

Ulf Guenther1, Julius Popp2, Lena Koecher1, Thomas Muders1, Hermann Wrigge1, E. Wesly Ely3, Christian Putensen1

1 Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital, Bonn, Germany

2 Clinic of psychiatry, university hospital, Bonn, Germany

3 Health Services Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and GRECC, Nashville, TN, USA

 

[18]  A review of delirium scales for use in the elderly 

Paul J.P. Whelan, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust 

Naveen Sharma, Specialist Registrar in Psychiatry

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Alastair J.D. Macdonald, Emeritus Professor of Old Age Psychiatry

Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London

Dimitrios Adamis, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry

Research and Academic Institute of Athens

 

[19]  A survey of the knowledge, skills and attitudes of trainees regarding patients in hospital with delirium

Natalie Powell, Rachel Nockels, Muna Al-Jawad

Department of Geriatric Medicine, St. George's Hospital, London

 

[20]  An investigation of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) system of care to prevent delirium

 John Young, John Green (on behalf of the HELP-UK project team)

 Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation, University of Leeds, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Temple Bank House, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK

 

[21]  Predictors for delayed identification of delirium in a general hospital liaison psychiatry set-up: A study from North India.

Nitin Gupta, Consultant Psychiatrist-Burton upon Trent & Honorary Senior Lecturer-Staffordshire University, United Kingdom

Parveen Sharma, Consultant Psychiatrist, Manchester, United Kingdom

David Meagher, Professor of Psychiatry, Limerick, Ireland