Detecting Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of the Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 828-833

  Morandi, Alessandro ^a,b   Han, Jin H ^c   Meagher, David ^d   Vasilevskis, Eduard ^c,e   Cerejeira, Joaquim ^f   Hasemann, Wolfgang ^g   MacLullich, Alasdair M J ^h   Annoni, Giorgio ⁱ   Trabucchi, Marco ^b,j   Bellelli, Giuseppe ^b,i  

^a Hospital Ancelle   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^e GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Delirium; dementia; diagnosis; m RASS; RASS

Indexed keywords

4 A TEST; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE REVISED; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMANT QUESTIONNAIRE OF COGNITIVE DECLINE IN THE ELDERLY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RICHMOND AGITATION SEDATION SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESTLESSNESS; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84991821879     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.05.010     Document Type: Article

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