June 12, 2019

Cognitive Impairment After Critical Illness

In this episode, we discuss the long term effects of critical illness on cognitive impairment. Our guest is Dr. James Jackson. Dr. Jackson is the Assistant Director of The ICU Recovery Center at Vanderbilt, a Research Associate Professor, and the lead psychologist for the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship (CIBS) Center at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Additional Links:

The BRAIN-ICU Study, a seminal prospective study that established the prevalence of long term cognitive dysfunction in critical illness survivors: https://bit.ly/2InupDw
Cognitive outcomes after critical illness. A recent review article on the topic: https://bit.ly/2NLIuR1
Link to the CIBS Center website, which contains a wealth of resources for intensivists: https://bit.ly/2HfdQ0n

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis by Howell Raines: https://amzn.to/2OX9Bqp