Delirium tools: making sense of the landscape
Start here. Why there are so many tools, what the main groups do, and how to read the evidence.
Read article →A guide to the directory
Commentary
Making sense of delirium tools takes more than a list of names. These short articles explain the choices, uncertainties and practical consequences.
All articles are by Professor Alasdair MacLullich and express his views. They draw on the linked evidence. The directory contains the structured reference material.
Alasdair is a co-developer of the 4AT and has contributed to other tools. Read the author disclosure.
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Monitoring: an important task without a settled solution
What observation can contribute, and why a score at the end of a shift can be too late.
Read article →What happens when tools reach routine care?
Selected large programmes, with completion, diagnostic accuracy and outcomes kept separate.
Read article →The 4AT, cognitive impairment and age-friendly care
What its cognitive items may tell us, and what they cannot establish.
Read article →CAM and monitoring: the procedure matters
Why the short and long CAM both need cognitive testing, and what goes wrong when it is omitted.
Read article →The long CAM: what it adds to the short form
The four-feature short CAM, the broader long form and the separate CAM-S severity scores.
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