14.09.2016
Vortragsreihe Sepsis und Sepsisfolgen, W. Ely
Critical illness brain injury – epidemiology, risk factors and approaches to patient management
Prof. Wesley Ely
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Nashville, TN
Date:
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 4:30 pm
Location:
Conference Hall 2, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1
Continuing education credits LÄK Thuringia: 2 points category A, requested
Dr. E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH is a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with subspecialty training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. His research has focused on improving the care and outcomes of critically ill patients with sepsis and respiratory failure, with special emphasis on older patients in the ICU. He has built the ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group, amassing several thousand patients into cohort studies and randomized trials that were used to build the methodology for ICU acquired brain disease research.
He is also a practicing intensivist with a focus on Geriatric ICU Care, as the Associate Director for Research for the VA Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center (GRECC).
Dr. Ely has over 250 peer reviewed publications.
Clinical Research Keywords: Sepsis, ARDS, Outcomes in the ICU, Aging, Mechanical Ventilation, Weaning, End-of-Life