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Tag Archives: Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals: Spotlight Audit on the Assessment of Delirium (HQIP / RCP / JGCR)
Summary The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) has published a spotlight audit on delirium in the care received by people with dementia in general hospitals in England and Wales. This audit finds: A large proportion (32%) of patients with dementia admitted … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Delirium, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Review of Delirium Prediction Models for Hospitalised Older Adults (BMJ Open)
Summary A systematic review of delirium prediction models of relevance to older adults (those over years of age), for use in acute hospital settings, identified variable and typically inadequate predictive capabilities. “ …future models should consider using standard variables and … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Anesthesia and Intensive Care: Chinese University of Hong Kong, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Canada, Caring for Persons With Delirium, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Clinical Prediction for Delirium, Confusion (Delirium), Confusion Assessment Method, Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), Delirium in Elderly Patients, Delirium in Hospitalised Patients, Delirium in Medical and Surgical Populations, Delirium in Older People in Acute Hospitals, Delirium Management, Delirium Prediction Models (Acute Elderly), Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium Risk Prediction Models, Delirium: Heterogeneity, Delirium: Prevalence Detection and Prediction, Department of Anesthesiology: University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Department of Anesthesiology: University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine Division of Geriatrics: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine: Western University, Department of Nursing: University Hospital Madison (Wisconsin USA), Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Ebling Health Sciences Library, Geriatric Research: Education and Clinical Center (GRECC): William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Germany, Hong Kong, Impact of Delirium on Length of Stay, Incidence of Delirium, Madison, Model Overfitting, Modified Blessed Dementia Rating Scale (mBDRS), MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing: University College London, Post-Operative Delirium, Postoperative Delirium, Prediction Prevalence and Detection of Delirium, Prevalence of Delirium, Recognition of Delirium, Risk Factors for Delirium, School of Nursing: University of Wisconsin Madison, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, United States, University College London, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Western University (Ontario), William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Madison (Wisconsin USA), Wisconsin, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute
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Behaviour and Pain in People With Dementia Admitted to Acute Hospitals (Alzheimer’s Society / BMC Geriatrics / PAIN® / QMM)
Summary Research into pain in 230 people with dementia at two hospitals, conducted by University College London, indicates that the occurrence of pain experienced in hospitals may be significantly under-reported. This observational study found around two-thirds (57%) of people with … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Barriers to the Recognition of Delirium (BMC Geriatrics)
Summary This article represents the collective opinion of clinical experts in delirium about why delirium continues to be under recognised. This consensus statement was derived from two conference workshops and an online survey of the European Delirium Association members. At an … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK
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Tagged Acute Confusional State, Barriers to the Recognition of Delirium, BMC Geriatrics, Campus for Vitality: Newcastle University, Centre for Health Services and Nursing Research: KU Leuven, Confusion (Delirium), Confusion Assessment Method, Confusion Assessment Method (CAM and CAM-ICU), Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), Confusion Assessment Method for Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU), Delirium Observation Screening Scale (DOSS), Dementia Service Development Centre: University of Stirling, Department of Geriatric Medicine: Victoria Hospital, Diagnostic Errors, DOSS: Delirium Observation Screening Scale, EDA: European Delirium Association, European Delirium Association, European Delirium Association (EDA) Scientific Congress, Institute for Ageing and Health: Newcastle University, Leuven University Division of Geriatric Medicine: University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven: Belgium, Misdiagnosis, Misdiagnosis of Delirium, Newcastle University, North Tyneside Hospital, Northumbria Healthcare Trust: North Shields, Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Recognition of Delirium, Scotland, University Hospitals Leuven, University of Stirling, Victoria Hospital: Fife
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Enhanced Exercise and Cognitive Programme Ineffective for Delirium Reduction in Hospitalised Patients (BMJ Open)
Summary A randomised controlled trial was conducted to see if a programme of progressive resistance exercise, mobilisation and orientation might help to prevent delirium in older hospitalised patients. Delirium was measured using the Confusion Assessment Method. The intervention programme had … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), International, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights
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Tagged Austin Health and Northern Health: Melbourne, Australia, BMJ Open, Confusion (Delirium), Confusion Assessment Method, Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), Delirium in Hospitalised Patients, Enhanced Exercise and Cognitive Programmes, Melbourne: Australia, mobilisation, Northern Health: Melbourne, Orientation, Progressive Resistance exercise, Ramsay Health: Melbourne, Victoria
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