Adaptation and Validation of a Chart-Based Delirium Detection Tool for the ICU (CHART-DEL-ICU).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To adapt and validate a chart-based delirium detection tool for use in critically ill adults.

Design

Validation study.

Setting

Medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) in an academic hospital.

Measurements

A chart-based delirium detection tool (CHART-DEL) was adapted for use in critically ill adults (CHART-DEL-ICU) and compared with prospective delirium assessments (i.e., clinical assessments (reference standard) by a research nurse trained by a neuropsychiatrist and routine delirium screening tools Confusion Assessment Method (CAM-ICU)) and (Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC)). The original CHART-DEL tool was adapted to include physician-reported ICDSC score (for probable delirium) and Richmond-Agitation Sedation Scale score (for a

SUBMITTER: Krewulak KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8049975 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature