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  2. Confusion Assessment Method - Wikipedia

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    The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is a diagnostic tool developed to allow physicians and nurses to identify delirium in the healthcare setting. [1] It was designed to be brief (less than 5 minutes to perform) and based on criteria from the third edition-revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R).

  3. Delirium - Wikipedia

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    The two most widely used are the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU) [70] and the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC). [71] Translations of these tools exist in over 20 languages and are used ICUs globally with instructional videos and implementation tips available. [69]

  4. 4AT - Wikipedia

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    A positive score in those tests generally then requires a more detailed assessment with a tool like the 4AT. This is an area of delirium practice which requires additional research. The 4AT is one of several other delirium assessment tools in the literature. [48]

  5. Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale - Wikipedia

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    It is however mostly used in mechanically ventilated patients in order to avoid over and under-sedation. Obtaining a RASS score is the first step in administering the Confusion Assessment Method in the ICU (CAM-ICU), [4] a tool to detect delirium in intensive care unit patients. The RASS is one of many sedation scales used in medicine.

  6. Abbreviated mental test score - Wikipedia

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    The following questions are put to the patient. Each question correctly answered scores one point. A score of 7–8 or less suggests cognitive impairment at the time of testing, [4] although further and more formal tests are necessary to confirm a diagnosis of dementia, delirium or other causes of cognitive impairment. Culturally-specific ...

  7. Emergence delirium - Wikipedia

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    The incidence of emergence delirium after halothane, isoflurane, sevoflurane or desflurane ranges from 2–55%. [10] Most emergence delirium in the literature describes agitated emergence. Unless a delirium detection tool is used, it is difficult to distinguish if the agitated emergence from anesthesia was from delirium or pain or fear, etc.

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  9. Sharon K. Inouye - Wikipedia

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    As such, she developed the Confusion Assessment Method as a new tool for the identification of delirium in 1990, now the most widely used tool for identification of delirium worldwide. [7] In 1999, she published a landmark study in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrating a 40% reduction in delirium using a multi-component non ...