Delirium detection in older acute medical inpatients: a multicentre prospective comparative diagnostic test accuracy study of the 4AT and the confusion assessment method

BACKGROUND: Delirium affects > 15% of hospitalised patients but is grossly underdetected, contributing to poor care. The 4 ‘A’s Test (4AT, www.the4AT.com) is a short delirium assessment tool designed for routine use without special training. The primary objective was to assess the accuracy of the...

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Pubblicato in:BMC Med
Autori principali: Shenkin, Susan D., Fox, Christopher, Godfrey, Mary, Siddiqi, Najma, Goodacre, Steve, Young, John, Anand, Atul, Gray, Alasdair, Hanley, Janet, MacRaild, Allan, Steven, Jill, Black, Polly L., Tieges, Zoë, Boyd, Julia, Stephen, Jacqueline, Weir, Christopher J., MacLullich, Alasdair M. J.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2019
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6651960/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31337404
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1367-9
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