Confusion Assessment Method

Aka: Confusion Assessment Method, CAM

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II. Indications

  1. Delirium Evaluation

III. 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

IV. Technique: Available CAM Tools testing CAM Criteria

  1. Modified Mini-Cog
  2. Digit Span Test

V. Resources

  1. Vanderbilt ICU Delirium
    1. http://icudelirium.org/delirium/monitoring.html

VI. References

  1. Ely (2001) Crit Care Med 29:1370-9 -Inouye (1990) Ann Intern Med 113: 941-8 [PubMed]

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