Geriatrics & gerontology international
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Geriatr Gerontol Int · Aug 2019
Diagnosis of postoperative delirium in older adults using the Confusion Assessment Method for the intensive care unit in non-intensive care unit settings: A test modification might improve its diagnostic performance.
To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the Confusion Assessment Method for the intensive care unit (CAM-ICU) among postoperative older patients in non-ICU settings. ⋯ Modification of the flow of delirium diagnosis using the CAM-ICU appears to offer a better sensitivity for detecting delirium in non-ICU settings. Furthermore, changing feature 2 to evaluate patients' attention levels over a longer period of time might yield a better diagnostic performance. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2019; 19: 762-767.