MPH alumni study seeks to aid diagnosis, management of catatonia
Catatonia, a syndrome of motor, emotional and behavioral abnormalities frequently characterized by muscular rigidity and a trance-like mental stupor and at times manifesting with great excitement or agitation, can occur during a critical illness and appear similar to delirium. But the management strategies are vastly different.
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) study is the largest to look at the novel relationship between catatonia and delirium in critical illness and determine if catatonia can be reliably diagnosed in the setting of delirium