Selecting optimal screening items for delirium: an application of item response theory

BACKGROUND: Delirium (acute confusion), is a common, morbid, and costly complication of acute illness in older adults. Yet, researchers and clinicians lack short, efficient, and sensitive case identification tools for delirium. Though the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is the most widely used alg...

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Autores principales: Yang, Frances M, Jones, Richard N, Inouye, Sharon K, Tommet, Douglas, Crane, Paul K, Rudolph, James L, Ngo, Long H, Marcantonio, Edward R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23339752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-13-8

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