A chart-based method for identification of delirium: Validation compared with interviewer ratings using the confusion assessment method

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 312-318

  Inouye, Sharon K ^a   Leo Summers, Linda ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Bogardus Jr , Sidney T ^a   Leslie, Douglas L ^a   Agostini, Joseph V ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute confusional state; Chart method; Delirium; Diagnostic test performance; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 15044355932     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53120.x     Document Type: Article

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