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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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6651960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31337404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1367-9

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