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We are seeking partnerships to develop and apply new digital health technologies to delirium.
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We meet regularly to critically discuss recent publications about delirium. If you're interested, send an email to our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Benjamin Dodsworth, ben@pipra.ch
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As of today, no precise tool for patient screening and risk determination is yet available in the current clinical practice.​

Preventive strategies could help reduce POD incidence and thus improve patient’s quality of life.  For instance, finding the high-risk patients preoperatively would allow for the adoption of tailored and protective perioperative measures.
In parallel, it would also be crucial to properly inform patients about their risk of suffering from cognitive impairment after undergoing any surgery, under general anesthesia.

The impact of post-operative delirium on patients is enormous.

Dr. med. Rebecca von Haken from the University Hospital Mannheim and member of the Delir Network, Heidelberg has much experience with patients who end up with POD. What impact has a post-operative delirium in older people? And what are she and her team doing to help patients with a high risk of post-operative delirium?

Interesting Articles

Our Publications:
Exploratory Budget Impact Analysis of a Preoperative Risk Assessment for Postoperative Delirium
Kempers, J.
This paper explores the expected impact of implementation of the PIPRA tool on hospital budget.
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Preoperative prognostic factors associated with postoperative delirium in older people undergoing surgery: protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
Buchan, T.A., Sadeghirad, B., Schmutz, N. et al. Syst Rev 9, 261 (2020). doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01518-z.
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Consequences of Delirium:
Figure: consequences of delirium
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.12.015

13.9x new dementia diagnosis after adjusting for baseline characteristics
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.08.043
70% of cases not diagnosed
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1458-7
Cochrane Reviews:
Interventions for preventing delirium in hospitalised non ICU patients
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005563.pub3
Non-pharmacological interventions for preventing delirium in hospitalised non-ICU patients: (43% reduction in incidence)
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013307.pub2
Societies recommending pre-operative identification of high-risk patientss:
European Society of Anaesthesiology evidence-based and consensus-based guidelines on postoperative delirium
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000594
American Society of Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Postoperative Delirium Prevention
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004641
American Geriatrics Society
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.10.019
American Society of Anaesthesiology: Postoperative Brain Health initiative
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003841
Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12254