About the Event
In this installment of Neurology Department Lecture series, Shouri Lahiri, M.D., presents “Delirium: Clinical Implications, Pathophysiology and Scientific Advances.” Lahiri is an associate professor in neurology, neurosurgery and biomedical sciences at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He also serves as the director for Neurocritical Care Research and the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit.
In-person attendees should arrive by 7:15 a.m. Breakfast will be available.
Email Sharon Green for the Zoom information.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, the audience participant should be able to:
- Describe the clinical significance of delirium and its relationship with long-term cognitive decline and dementia.
- Explain how acute systemic illnesses such as urinary tract infection and ventilator-induced lung injury may trigger delirium through IL-6–mediated neuroimmune pathways.
- Identify emerging mechanism-based therapeutic strategies — including early antimicrobials, estrogenic neuroprotection and IL-6 trans-signaling inhibition — that may prevent or ameliorate delirium.