Collaborative Delirium Prevention in the Age of COVID-19

Sara C LaHue^{1

2}, Todd C James³, John C Newman^{3

4}, Armond M Esmaili⁵, Cora H Ormseth⁶, E Wesley Ely^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
² Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, California.
³ Division of Geriatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
⁴ Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California.
⁵ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
⁶ School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
⁷ Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁸ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Tennessee Valley Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee.

Sara C LaHue et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;68(5):947-949.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.16480.

Sara C LaHue^{1

2}, Todd C James³, John C Newman^{3

4}, Armond M Esmaili⁵, Cora H Ormseth⁶, E Wesley Ely^{7

8}

¹ Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
² Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, California.
³ Division of Geriatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
⁴ Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California.
⁵ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
⁶ School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
⁷ Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁸ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Tennessee Valley Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article.

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