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Selecting Optimal Screening Items for Delirium: An Application of Item Response Theory
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Background: Delirium (acute confusion), is a common, morbid, and costly complication of acute illness in older adults. Yet, researchers and clinicians lack short, efficient, and sensitive case identification tools for ...
Systemic Inflammation Impairs Attention and Cognitive Flexibility but Not Associative Learning in Aged Rats: Possible Implications for Delirium
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2014)
Delirium is a common and morbid condition in elderly hospitalized patients. Its pathophysiology is poorly understood but inflammation has been implicated based on a clinical association with systemic infection and surgery ...
Delirium: An Independent Predictor of Functional Decline After Cardiac Surgery
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether patients who developed delirium after cardiac surgery were at risk of functional decline.
DESIGN: Prospective cohort study.
SETTING: Two academic hospitals and a Veterans Affairs ...
Derivation and Validation of a Preoperative Prediction Rule for Delirium After Cardiac Surgery
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2008)
Background— Delirium is a common outcome after cardiac surgery. Delirium prediction rules identify patients at risk for delirium who may benefit from targeted prevention strategies, early identification, and treatment of ...
Development of a unidimensional composite measure of neuropsychological functioning in older cardiac surgery patients with good measurement precision
(Informa UK Limited, 2010)
The objective of this analysis was to develop a measure of neuropsychological performance for cardiac surgery and to assess its psychometric properties. Older patients (n = 210) underwent a neuropsychological battery using ...
Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status: Creating a crosswalk with the Mini-Mental State Examination
(Elsevier BV, 2009)
Background
Brief cognitive screening measures are valuable tools for both research and clinical applications. The most widely used instrument, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), is limited in that it must be ...
Independent Vascular and Cognitive Risk Factors for Postoperative Delirium
(Elsevier BV, 2007)
Delirium is associated with early postoperative cognitive dysfunction
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)
The purpose of this analysis was to determine if postoperative delirium was associated with early postoperative cognitive dysfunction (at 7 days) and long-term postoperative cognitive dysfunction (at 3 months). The ...
Identifying Indicators of Important Diagnostic Features of Delirium
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
OBJECTIVES: To use an expert consensus process to identify indicators of delirium features to help enhance bedside recognition of delirium.
DESIGN:
Modified Delphi consensus process to assign existing cognitive and ...