Day I
EDA Annual Conference 2025 - 13. November
Auditorium
Welcome
to Day I
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30-9:40 | Welcome from the EDA president |
Prof. Dr. Leiv Otto Watne, Oslo |
| 09:45-10:30 | Keynote: United Against Delirium: Interdisciplinary Approaches of the Safe Brain Initiative |
PD Dr. Finn Radtke, Nykøbing |
| 10:30-10:50 | Break |
Auditorium
Session 1
Delirium: a multidimensional challenge *hybrid session*
Chairs: Dr. Thomas Ottens, Den Hague and Prof. Dr. Daniel Davies, London
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:50-11:15 | Autonomic Dysregulation in Aging: Vulnerability and Pathways to Delirium |
Prof. Dr. Leah Acker, NC, USA |
| 11:15-11:40 | The Gut-Brain Connection in Delirium - a Microbiota approach |
Prof. Dr. Yiying Zhang, MA, USA |
| 11:40-12:05 | Processed EEG as an ICU delirium biomarker: results of the EARLY DELTA trial |
Dr. Thomas Ottens, Den Haag, Netherlands |
| 12:05-13:05 | Break |
Panorama-Saal
Session 2
Advancing delirium care: From progress to transformation
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Emma Vardy, Manchester and PD Dr. Peter Nydahl, Kiel
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:50-11:15 | Delirium in old age: a new interdisciplinary German guideline |
PD Dr. Christine Thomas, Stuttgart |
| 11:15-11:40 | Patient-centered precision Care: enhancing teamwork for optimal outcomes |
Prof. Dr. Basak Meço, Ankara, Turkey |
| 11:40-12:05 | WDAD Success Stories |
PD Dr. Peter Nydahl, Berlin |
| 12:05-13:05 | Break / Poster walk |
Auditorium
Session 3
Delirium Prevention Across the Continuum of Care
Chairs: Dr. Wolfgang Hasemann, Bern and Dr. Emma Cunningham, Belfast
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 13:05-13:30 | Delirium concepts for the perioperative phase |
PD Dr. Matthias Kreuzer, Munich |
| 13:30-13:55 | Delirium in nursing homes |
Dr. Wolfgang Hasemann, Basel, Switzerland |
| 13:55-14:20 | Delirium concepts for the emergency department |
Prof. Dr. Katrin Singler, Fürth |
| 14:20-14:50 | Break |
Panorama-Saal
Session 4
Expanding horizons
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 13:05-13:30 | Neurocognitive decline in acute illness without delirium – an overseen entity? |
PD Dr. Thomas Saller, Munich |
| 13:30-13:55 | Antidepressants and Delirium Risk Mitigation |
Prof. Dr. Ben Palanca, St. Louis, USA |
| 13:55-14:20 | Neuromodulators and Network Instability: A Translational Perspective on delirium pathogenesis |
Prof. Dr. Eyal Kimchi, Chicago, USA |
| 14:20-14:50 | Break |
Auditorium
Young EDA Symposium
Stimulating (Brain) Networks
Chairs: Dr. Sophie Leroy, Berlin and Sara Åkerman, Uppsala
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14:50-15:15 | Introduction into Stimulating (Brain) Networks |
Prof. Dr. Eyal Kimchi, Chicago, USA |
| 15:15-15:40 | Delirium treatment with Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (DELTES): Trial(s) and tribulation |
Julia van der A, Utrecht |
| 15:40-16:05 | Modulating Delirium through Stimulation (MoDeSt): Trial and error |
Viktor Bublitz, Greifswald Dr.Sophie Leroy, Berlin |
| 16:05-16:30 | Break |
Panorama-Saal
American Delirium Society - Symposium
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Ben Palanca, St.Louis, USA and Prof. Dr. Arjen Slooter, Utrecht
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14:50-15:15 | Recognizing the Invisible Workforce: The Role of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel in Delirium Care in Acute Settings |
Prof. Dr. Tanya Mailhot, Montreal, Canada |
| 15:15-15:40 | Communication between families and healthcare professionals in context of delirium: A scoping review |
Zineb Bouaouina Montreal, Canada |
| 15:40-16:05 | The overlooked role of gender in delirium prevention |
Prof. Dr. Sarah Saxena, Brugge |
| 16:05-16:30 | Break |
Seminarraum II
Special-Symposium
Pediatric Delirium Across the Critical Care Continuum: Evidence and Practice
Chair: Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Strik
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14:50-15:15 | Pediatric Delirium Across Critical Care: Clinical Perspectives and Implications |
Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Strik, Maastrich |
| 15:15-15:40 | Neonatal Delirium in the NICU: Emerging Evidence and Clinical Challenges |
Dr. Husam Salamah, Maastrich |
| 15:40-16:05 | Health-Related Quality of Life After PICU Admission: The Role of Pediatric Delirium |
Dr. Kim Tijssen, Maastrich |
| 16:05-16:30 | Break |
Auditorium
Best Abstracts - Session I
Prevention and Recovery
Chair: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Sampson, London
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 16:30-16:45 | A rehabilitation intervention to improve Recovery after an Episode of Delirium in adults over 65 years (RecoverED) |
Louise Allan |
| 16:45-17:00 | Mixed methods process evaluation of the RecoverED multi-site feasibility study |
Shruti Raghuraman |
| 17:00-17:15 | Melatonin does not reduce delirium severity in hospitalized older adults |
Peter Lange |
| 17:15-17:30 | A non-pharmacological intervention to reduce delirium after discharge/transfer of older adults - The TRADE study. |
Dhayana Dallmeier |
| 17:30-17:45 | Associations of delirium and multimorbidity with mortality and incident dementia: a population-based cohort study of 23,558 acutely hospitalised older adults |
Penfold, Rose |
| 17:45-18:00 | Break |
|
| 18:00-19:00 | EDA General Assembly |
Panorama-Saal
Best Abstracts - Session II
Management of Delirium Across Populations
Chair: Prof. Dr. Mark van der Boogaard, Nijmegen
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 16:30-16:45 | Multidisciplinary Perceptions of Delirium Management in Neurological Care - A qualitative study |
Susanne Kristiansen |
| 16:45-17:00 | DEL-REG-75, the baseline data. |
John Hopkins |
| 17:00-17:15 | Short-term risk of dementia after certain and uncertain delirium diagnosis in a large real-world dataset: ORCHARD-EPR study |
Dimitrios Gratsias |
| 17:15-17:30 | Delirium in Critically Ill Children: A Swedish Pediatric ICU Perspective |
Sara Åkerman |
| 17:30-17:45 | Understanding the impact of Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) and other patient factors on delirium screening rates – analysis using routinely-collected clinical data |
Richardson, Sarah |
| 17:45-18:00 | Break |
|
| 18:00-19:00 | EDA General Assembly |
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