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Feasibility of the Modified Confusion Assessment Method for the Emergency Department (mCAM-ED)

NCT02054169 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 340

Last updated 2014-02-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Delirium is common in older emergency department (ED) patients and often remains unrecognized. Existing instruments to detect delirium are often time consuming and therefore not feasible in the busy ED setting In this study the investigators tested the feasibility of the newly developed modified confusion assessment method (mCAM-ED).

Conditions

  • Delirium

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christian H Nickel, MD · University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-08-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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