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CAM-ICU Quantitative Analysis Paper

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CAM-ICU Quantitative Analysis
Critically ill patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are at an increased risk for developing delirium. A prevalence is seen with acute brain dysfunction, such as brain attacks, and increases morbidity and mortality rates. The Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care (CAM-ICU) is an assessment tool utilized by critical care nurses to evaluate and distinguish the development of delirium in ICU patients. Implementing CAM-ICU will provide a consistent assessment tool for the detection of delirium, allowing for early recognition, and decrease adverse effects created by delirium in critically ill patients.
CAM-ICU in critical care
CAM-ICU is an effective assessment tool in the early recognition of delirium. ICU patients are at an increased risk of developing delirium, a significantly underdiagnosed neurologic condition (Gusmao-Flores, Salluh, Chalhub, & Quarantini, 2012). CAM-ICU is effectively incorporated into daily assessments by clinical staff. This process allows for clinicians to appropriately identify and treat delirium before there are adverse …show more content…

Ten patients were used to test reliability in this assessment process, and the calculated interrater reliability at 94% with a confidence interval (CI) of 95%. The sensitivity of the CAM-ICUs at 76% presented a CI of 95% with a specificity of 98% and a CI of 95% (Mitasova et al., 2012). The validity of this study shows a high incidence for detecting delirium in post stroke patients when using the CAM-ICU as an assessment tool. This effective and reliable tool should be used at the local level in determining delirium in the critically ill population of post stroke patients. Implementation can be easily integrated into daily assessments providing early detection and treatment effectively and decreasing complications related to unrecognized

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