UNC Researchers Publish Paper Highlighting a Shift in both Delirium and Substance Use Patterns in Peri-COVID Time Period

UNC Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Fellow, Emma Bick, MD, MPH, in collaboration with Assistant Professors of Medicine Benjamin J. Sines, MD, MSCR, and C. Adrian Austin, MD, MSCR, recently published a paper in Critical Care Explorations . The observational study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the prevalence of substance use and delirium complicating ICU and floor admissions. Their findings highlighted a variety of different trends during the pre-pandemic, onset, and re