Routine Use of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit: A Multicenter Study

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Authors

Maarten M. van Eijk · University Medical Center Utrecht

Mark van den Boogaard

Rob J. van Marum · Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

P. Benner · Spaarne Gasthuis

Piet Eikelenboom · Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Marina L. H. Honing

Ben van der Hoven · Intensive Care Foundation

Janneke Horn

Abstract

Specificity of the CAM-ICU as performed in routine practice seems to be high but sensitivity is low. This hampers early detection of delirium by the CAM-ICU.

Topics & Keywords

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volume 184, Issue 3, pp. 340-344

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201101-0065oc

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