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Confusion Assessment Method

Aka: Confusion Assessment Method, CAM

Indication
1. Delirium assessment
Criteria (all must be present)
1. Acute onset with a fluctuating course and
2. Easily distracted and inattentive and
3. Altered Level of Consciousness or Disorganized thinking
References
1. Inouye (1990) Ann Intern Med 113

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