Patient Family Information

Welcome to our website. While many of our hundreds of daily visitors are doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, we are receiving an increasing number of patients, family members, and friends who are seeking more information about delirium during or following a period of critical illness. We welcome you and hope that information on this website, including the two links below answer some of your questions. If you need to email us, please do so and we'll get back to you shortly.

I. Delirium
II. Delirium and the return home
III. Published Patient Perspective, courtesy of Cheryl Misak
IV. Patient testimonials

Sincerely,
Dr. Ely and the ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group

DISCLAIMER REGARDING MEDICAL QUESTIONS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE:
We appreciate all of the clinical and anecdotal cases that are routinely relayed to us on our website from visitors, family members, and former ICU patients. While we would love to be of direct help to you and to address your many questions, it would be inappropriate for us to advise you considering that we are not clinically involved in your care or aware of all the details of your illness and recovery. In other words, we are happy to answer general questions about delirium evaluation and management or long-term neuropsychological deficits, but we cannot any give specific medical advice about your particular case. If you have questions or concerns about your medical care, please communicate directly with your healthcare provider.