ORIGINAL RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION
Validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit in Older Emergency Department Patients Jin H. Han, MD, MSc, Amanda Wilson, MD, Amy J. Graves, SM, MPH, Ayumi Shintani, PhD, MPH, John F. Schnelle, PhD, Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH, James S. Powers, MD, John Vernon, MD, Alan B. Storrow, MD, and E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
Abstract Objectives: In the emergency department (ED), health care providers miss delirium approximately 75% of the time, because they do not routinely screen for this syndrome. The Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) is a brief (
Validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit in Older Emergency Department Patients Jin H. Han, MD, MSc, Amanda Wilson, MD, Amy J. Graves, SM, MPH, Ayumi Shintani, PhD, MPH, John F. Schnelle, PhD, Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH, James S. Powers, MD, John Vernon, MD, Alan B. Storrow, MD, and E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
Abstract Objectives: In the emergency department (ED), health care providers miss delirium approximately 75% of the time, because they do not routinely screen for this syndrome. The Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) is a brief (
