Critical Illness Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship (CIBS) Center
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February 22, 2024
NIH-funded trial to determine if immunomodulation can improve brain and cardiovascular dysfunction in Long COVID
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is working with scientists around the U.S. to launch the first Phase III, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of immunomodulation on Long COVID. -
December 14, 2023
Healing over the holidays: A nurse’s guide to spending the holidays at the hospital
There's no place like the hospital for the holidays. And we don't mean that in a good way. But here are some ways to make it better. -
May 24, 2023
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recognizes Ely and Pun research team
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is presenting the research team of Brenda Pun, DNP, RN, FCCM and E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, with its AACN Pioneering Spirit Award. -
February 23, 2023
Review explores ICU-related cognitive impact scores
A recent systematic review by Vanderbilt researchers has taken a close look at the cognitive instruments used in long-term outcome studies of survivors of adult critical illness and how those test scores are interpreted. -
September 22, 2022
Reduced exercise capacity in ICU survivors
ICU survivors who have impaired exercise capacity months after discharge may have damaged muscle mitochondria — the energy powerhouses of the cell, Vanderbilt researchers propose. -
March 30, 2022
Team helps patients battle post-COVID cognitive issues
Jane Stories is one of many COVID-19 patients still plagued by debilitating symptoms that include achy muscles, anxiety, depression, panic attacks and cognitive impairment. -
February 11, 2021
Vanderbilt, Zambia researchers find delirium in hospitalized patients linked to mortality, disability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Delirium, a form of acute brain dysfunction, is widespread in critically ill patients in lower resourced hospitals, and the duration of delirium predicted both mortality and disability at six months after discharge, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.