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Confusion Assessment Method
Aka: Confusion Assessment Method, CAM- See Also
- Indications
- Delirium Evaluation
- Criteria: Delirium diagnosis (all must be present)
- Acute onset with a fluctuating course AND
- Easily distracted and inattentive (e.g. unable to count backwards from 20) AND
- Disorganized thinking (rambling, illogical flow of ideas, Tangentiality) or Altered Level of Consciousness
- Technique: Available CAM Tools testing CAM Criteria
- Modified Mini-Cog
- Digit Span Test
- Resources
- Vanderbilt ICU Delirium
- References