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Confusion Assessment Method

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Confusion Assessment Method, CAM

  • See Also
  1. CAM-S (Confusion Assessment Method Short Form)
  2. CAM-ICU (Confusion Assessment Method of the Intensive Care Unit)
  3. bCAM (Brief Confusion Assessment Method)
  4. Delirium
  • Indications
  1. Delirium Evaluation
  • Criteria
  • Delirium diagnosis (all must be present)
  1. Acute onset with a fluctuating course AND
  2. Easily distracted and inattentive (e.g. unable to count backwards from 20) AND
  3. Disorganized thinking (rambling, illogical flow of ideas, Tangentiality) or Altered Level of Consciousness
  • Technique
  • Available CAM Tools testing CAM Criteria
  1. Modified Mini-Cog
  2. Digit Span Test
  • Resources
  1. Vanderbilt ICU Delirium
    1. http://icudelirium.org/delirium/monitoring.html
  • References
  1. Ely (2001) Crit Care Med 29:1370-9 -Inouye (1990) Ann Intern Med 113: 941-8 [PubMed]