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Answer 1

Explanation:

Delirium affects 50–80% of patients in intensive care units and is associated with long-term cognitive impairment and increased risk of mortality. There are a paucity of data reporting the neuropathologic findings in ICU patients experiencing delirium. The purpose of this pilot, hypothesis-generating study was to evaluate brain autopsies in ICU patients who suffered from delirium in order to explore possible neuroanatomic correlates.

METHODS

Utilizing study databases at Vanderbilt University we retrospectively identified patients who suffered from delirium in the ICU and subsequently died and received a brain autopsy during the same hospitalization. Information was also gathered regarding exposure to sedation and analgesia during ICU stay, number of delirium days, medical conditions surrounding death, and time with hypoxia and hypotension.

Answer 2

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Brain autopsy can provide a definitive pathological diagnosis and the latter may help family member to reach a closure after a long struggle. Brain autopsy is often done in conjunction with donation of the brain for scientific research, but is not limited to that context.