Wednesday July 9

Title: Is this NMS? Differentiating neuropsychiatric syndromes in critical illness

Platform: Zoom

Trainee Presenter: Jennifer Li, MD, MS, PGY-3 Psychiatry Resident, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Discussant: Joseph Dragonetti, MD, Associate Residency Director, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Moderator: David Fipps, DO, Senior Associate Consultant in CL, Transplant, and Bariatric Surgery Psychiatry at Mayo Clinic, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Description: Dr. Li will present a clinical case that exemplifies common diagnostic and management challenges in critically ill patients. Dr. Dragonetti will serve as the expert discussant and provide a high yield and clinically relevant dialogue surrounding the psychiatric impact of critical illness and related interventions, examination of patients with impaired consciousness, and the challenge of delineating the etiology of common, overlapping neuropsychiatric syndromes.  The case presentation and facilitated discussion will be followed by a live audience question and answer session moderated by Dr. Fipps. The case conference will provide trainees an opportunity to learn about C-L psychiatry and augment C-L education at their institutions. Attendees will learn how to succinctly present a case, observe C-L psychiatrists work through diagnostic challenges, and appreciate management dilemmas that arise in C-L psychiatry.