The American journal of emergency medicine
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Letter Observational Study
Patient treatment in ED hallways and patient perception of clinician-patient communication.
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Observational Study
A quick and easy delirium assessment for nonphysician research personnel.
Delirium in the emergency department (ED) is an emerging field of research. Most ED research infrastructures utilize lay personnel to collect data, but delirium assessments that can be reliably performed by nonphysicians are lacking. We evaluated the diagnostic performance of the modified Brief Confusion Assessment Method (modified bCAM) for this purpose. ⋯ The modified bCAM may be a feasible and accurate method for nonphysicians to assess for delirium. Future studies are needed to confirm these findings.