Validation of the confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit in older emergency department patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 180-187

  Han, Jin H ^a   Wilson, Amanda ^a   Graves, Amy J ^a   Shintani, Ayumi ^a   Schnelle, John F ^a,b   Dittus, Robert S ^a,b   Powers, James S ^a,b   Vernon, John ^c   Storrow, Alan B ^a   Wesley Ely, E ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84893979597     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12309     Document Type: Article

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