ACUTE CARE EDINBURGH
Speakers
Wednesday 26th June – 13:00 – 14:00 hours
Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building, Little France
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Alasdair MacLullich
Professor of Geriatric Medicine
University of Edinburgh / NHS Lothian
Assessment and management of delirium: highlights from the 2019 SIGN Guidelines
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Atul Anand
CSO Lecturer & ST7 Geriatric Medicine
University of Edinburgh / NHS Lothian
Outcomes of delirium: findings from consecutive hospital admissions in Lothian
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Alasdair MacLullich’s main research interests are in the assessment and management of delirium, and he also works on blood, CSF and neuroimaging biomarkers of delirium. He is the main author of the 4AT delirium assessment tool. He co-chaired the SIGN Guidelines Group which produced the ‘Risk Reduction and Management of Delirium’ guideline, published in March 2019.
Atul Anand’s research focusses on establishing markers of frailty from electronic health record data and he is currently developing and testing tools to do this in Lothian. He has also worked on cluster randomised controlled trials delivered using electronic health record methodology in cardiovascular medicine.
ALL ARE WELCOME
