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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. 4AT - Wikipedia

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    The 4 'A's Test (4AT) is a bedside medical scale used to help determine if a person has positive signs for delirium. [1] [2] The 4AT also includes cognitive test items, making it suitable also for use as a rapid test for cognitive impairment.

  4. Abbreviated mental test score - Wikipedia

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    The Abbreviated Mental Test score (AMTS) is a 10-point test for rapidly assessing elderly patients for the possibility of dementia.It was first used in 1972, [1] [2] and is now sometimes also used to assess for mental confusion (including delirium) and other cognitive impairments.

  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. Category : Mental disorders screening and assessment tools

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    Pages in category "Mental disorders screening and assessment tools" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  7. Emergence delirium - Wikipedia

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    The Pediatric Anesthetic Emergence Delirium (PAED) scale or the Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium may be used to measure the severity of this condition in children. [2] [3] In this patient population, emergence delirium is typically identified within the first 30 minutes of recovery from anesthesia. It terminates within five to fifteen ...

  8. Bill Clinton Reveals the Name His Grandkids Call Him — and ...

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    Bill Clinton is one proud grandpa!. On Monday, Nov. 25, the former President of the United States, 78, appeared on an episode of Live with Kelly and Mark and spoke about how he and the former ...

  9. Delirium - Wikipedia

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    Delirium (formerly acute confusional state, an ambiguous term which is now discouraged) [1] is a specific state of acute confusion attributable to the direct physiological consequence of a medical condition, effects of a psychoactive substance, or multiple causes, which usually develops over the course of hours to days.