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Overview

E. Wesley Ely is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Developmental Neuroscience, Neurology, and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology.

The scientist's main topics of work include Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Anesthesia and Sedative Agents, Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, and Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by this researcher include:

  • Delirium, 2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • COVID-19: ICU delirium management during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, 2020, Critical Care
  • Prevalence and risk factors for delirium in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (COVID-D): a multicentre cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Delirium in critical illness: clinical manifestations, outcomes, and management, 2021, Intensive Care Medicine
  • Analgesia and sedation in patients with ARDS, 2020, Intensive Care Medicine

Frequent co-authors working alongside Ely include Pratik P. Pandharipande, Mayur B. Patel, James C. Jackson, Matthew F. Mart, and Timothy D. Girard.

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, notably:

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Critical Care Explorations
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

E. Wesley Ely has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians. Their work contributes to areas involving cognitive disorders within intensive care units, sedation and anesthesia practices, neurotoxicity, and care strategies especially in the context of critical illnesses and respiratory support.

Best Publications

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

    Juliana Barr;Gilles L. Fraser;Kathleen Puntillo;E. Wesley Ely

  • Delirium as a predictor of mortality in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit

    E. Wesley Ely;Ayumi Shintani;Brenda Truman;Theodore Speroff

  • Long-term Cognitive Impairment and Functional Disability Among Survivors of Severe Sepsis

    Theodore J. Iwashyna;E. Wesley Ely;Dylan M. Smith;Kenneth M. Langa

  • Monitoring sedation status over time in ICU patients: reliability and validity of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS).

    E. Wesley Ely;Brenda Truman;Ayumi Shintani;Jason W. W. Thomason

  • Dexmedetomidine vs midazolam for sedation of critically ill patients: a randomized trial.

    Richard R. Riker;Yahya Shehabi;Paula M. Bokesch;Daniel Ceraso

  • Efficacy and safety of a paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care (Awakening and Breathing Controlled trial): a randomised controlled trial

    Timothy D Girard;John P Kress;Barry D Fuchs;Jason W W Thomason

  • Effect of Sedation With Dexmedetomidine vs Lorazepam on Acute Brain Dysfunction in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: The MENDS Randomized Controlled Trial

    Pratik P. Pandharipande;Brenda T. Pun;Daniel L. Herr;Mervyn Maze

  • Effect on the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation of Identifying Patients Capable of Breathing Spontaneously

    E. Wesley Ely;Albert M. Baker;Donnie P. Dunagan;Henry L. Burke

  • Lorazepam is an independent risk factor for transitioning to delirium in intensive care unit patients.

    Pratik Pandharipande;Ayumi Shintani;Josh Peterson;Brenda Truman Pun

  • Delirium as a predictor of long-term cognitive impairment in survivors of critical illness

    Timothy D. Girard;James C. Jackson;Pratik P. Pandharipande;Brenda T. Pun

  • Costs associated with delirium in mechanically ventilated patients.

    Eric B. Milbrandt;Stephen Deppen;Patricia L. Harrison;Ayumi K. Shintani

  • Delirium and its motoric subtypes: A study of 614 critically ill patients.

    Josh F. Peterson;Brenda T. Pun;Robert S. Dittus;Jason W. W. Thomason

  • Caring for Critically Ill Patients with the ABCDEF Bundle: Results of the ICU Liberation Collaborative in Over 15,000 Adults.

    Brenda T. Pun;Michele C. Balas;Michele C. Balas;Mary Ann Barnes-Daly;Jennifer L. Thompson

  • Delirium in the intensive care unit: occurrence and clinical course in older patients.

    Lynn McNicoll;Margaret A. Pisani;Ying Zhang;E. Wesley Ely

  • Delirium in the intensive care unit

    Timothy D Girard;Pratik P Pandharipande;E Wesley Ely;E Wesley Ely

  • Intensive care unit delirium is an independent predictor of longer hospital stay: a prospective analysis of 261 non-ventilated patients

    Jason W W Thomason;Ayumi Shintani;Josh F Peterson;Brenda T Pun

  • Prevalence and risk factors for development of delirium in surgical and trauma intensive care unit patients

    Pratik Pandharipande;Bryan A. Cotton;Ayumi Shintani;Jennifer Thompson

  • Effectiveness and safety of the awakening and breathing coordination, delirium monitoring/management, and early exercise/mobility bundle.

    Michele C. Balas;Eduard E. Vasilevskis;Keith M. Olsen;Kendra K. Schmid

  • The ABCDEF Bundle in Critical Care

    Annachiara Marra;E. Wesley Ely;Pratik P. Pandharipande;Mayur B. Patel

  • Dexmedetomidine vs Midazolam for Sedation of Critically Ill Patients

    Richard R. Riker;Yahya Shehabi;Paula M. Bokesch;Daniel Ceraso

Frequent Co-Authors

Pratik P. Pandharipande
Pratik P. Pandharipande Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Robert S. Dittus
Robert S. Dittus Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ramona O. Hopkins
Ramona O. Hopkins Brigham Young University
Ayumi Shintani
Ayumi Shintani Vanderbilt University
Gordon R. Bernard
Gordon R. Bernard Vanderbilt University Medical Center
John F. Schnelle
John F. Schnelle Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Dale M. Needham
Dale M. Needham Johns Hopkins University
Sharon K. Inouye
Sharon K. Inouye Harvard Medical School
Malaz Boustani
Malaz Boustani Indiana University
Todd W. Rice
Todd W. Rice Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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