Implementing delirium screening in the ICU

Implementing delirium screening in the ICU: Secrets to success.  Critical care medicine, Sept 2013, Vol. 41(9), p.2196-2208.

Brummel, N.E. et al.

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2013/09000/Implementing_Delirium_Screening_in_the_ICU__.15.aspx

To review delirium screening tools available for use in the adult ICU and PICU, to review evidence-based delirium screening implementation, and to discuss common pitfalls encountered during delirium screening in the ICU.

Comparison of delirium assessment tools in a mixed intensive care unit

Comparison of delirium assessment tools in a mixed intensive care unit. Critcal Care Medicine, vol. 37(6), June 2009, pp 1881-1885 [journal article]

van Eijk, M.M.J., van Marum, R.J., Klijn, I.A.M., de Wit, N., Kesecioglu, J., Slooter, A.J.C.

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Delirium is a frequent problem in the intensive care unit (ICU) associated with poor prognosis. Delirium in the ICU is underdiagnosed by nursing and medical staff. Several detection methods have been developed for use in ICU patients. The aim of this study was to compare the value of three detection methods (the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU [CAM-ICU], the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist [ICDSC] and the impression of the ICU physician with the diagnosis of a psychiatrist, neurologist, or geriatrician).