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Confused About Acute Confusional States? A Primer on Delirium

The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast

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How to Improve Delirium Screening and Diagnosis

There are several useful tools available to improve delirium screening and diagnosis. Confusion Assessment Method CAM has high sensitivity and specificity, over 90%. The For A's test for AT is a brief under two minutes screening instrument that requires no special training. Other tests of attention can also be helpful such as asking the patient to spell world backwards.

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