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Brenda T. Pun
Researcher at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Publications - 29
Citations - 8150
Brenda T. Pun is an academic researcher from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Delirium & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 29 publications receiving 5999 citations. Previous affiliations of Brenda T. Pun include Veterans Health Administration & Vanderbilt University.
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Delirium Assessment Tools for Use in Critically Ill Adults: A Psychometric Analysis and Systematic Review
Céline Gélinas,Mélanie Bérubé,Annie Chevrier,Brenda T. Pun,E. Wesley Ely,Yoanna Skrobik,Juliana Barr +6 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that the CAM‐ICU and the ICDSC are the most valid and reliable delirium assessment tools for critically ill adults.
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The sedation of critically ill adults: Part 1: Assessment. The first in a two-part series focuses on assessing sedated patients in the ICU.
Brenda T. Pun,Jan Dunn +1 more
TL;DR: This two-part series examines those recommendations that relate to sedation assessment and management, as well as the current literature on the sustained use of sedatives and analgesics in adults.
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Best Practices for Conducting Interprofessional Team Rounds to Facilitate Performance of the ICU Liberation (ABCDEF) Bundle.
Joanna L. Stollings,John W. Devlin,John W. Devlin,John C. Lin,Brenda T. Pun,Diane G. Byrum,Juliana Barr,Juliana Barr +7 more
TL;DR: This article describes evidence-based practices for conducting effective interprofessional team rounds in the ICU to improve Bundle performance and identifies the optimal structure for ICU inter professional team rounds.
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Association Between Endothelial Dysfunction and Acute Brain Dysfunction During Critical Illness
Christopher G. Hughes,Alessandro Morandi,Timothy D. Girard,Bernhard Riedel,Jennifer L. Thompson,Ayumi Shintani,Brenda T. Pun,E. Wesley Ely,Pratik P. Pandharipande +8 more
TL;DR: The relationship of acute brain dysfunction with endothelial function, which is impaired in critical illness and may contribute to alterations in cerebral blood flow and blood-brain barrier permeability, has not been studied.
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The sedation of critically ill adults: part 2: management.
Brenda T. Pun,Jan Dunn +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a two-part series on the pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of anxiety and agitation in the ICU and discuss tools for assessing pain, delirium, and sedation.