CAM-ED record: CAM evaluated in the Emergency Department
2001A record of standard CAM use in emergency-department studies rather than an unequivocally separate instrument. The later mCAM-ED remains the clearer named ED adaptation.
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Tool and original sources
This record describes a method rather than a downloadable bedside form. The main source is linked below.
Original paper
- Original paperMonette J, Galbaud du Fort G, Fung SH, Massoud F, Moride Y, Arsenault L, et al. Evaluation of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) as a screening tool for delirium in the emergency room. General hospital psychiatry. 2001;23(1):20-5. doi: 10.1016/s0163-8343(00)00116-x. PMID: 11226553.
This is the original published source for CAM-ED record. It reported sensitivity of 86% and specificity of 100% against the study's independent clinical reference assessment.
At a glance
- Purpose
- Episodic assessment
- Population
- Adult
- Setting
- Emergency department
- Time
- ~5 min
- Items
- 4
- Score or threshold
- Feature-based CAM-family classification; see the source for the operational rule.
Format: A four-feature CAM-family assessment evaluated in emergency-department practice, with reported administration around five minutes. The feature wording, prompts and decision rule are not reproduced here.
- Strengths: CAM usable by a trained lay interviewer in the ED
- Limitations: Single-centre; distinct from mCAM-ED
Evidence
Reported sensitivity and specificity
Original/source study · 2001 — pmid:11226553
- Denominator
- Reported source unit: 110 (analysis unit not fully reconciled)
- Reference standard
- Geriatrician-completed CAM algorithm during the same interview; DSM comparisons are ancillary and not the published primary DTA comparator
CAM by a trained lay interviewer vs geriatrician in the ED (n=110).
More evidence and citation details
- Full name
- CAM evaluated in the Emergency Department
- Also known as
- CAM-ED, Confusion Assessment Method Emergency Department
- Related profiles
- CAM
- Evidence summary
- single-DTA
- Diagnostic-accuracy studies
- 1
- Reference standard
- Geriatrician CAM
- Reliability
- κ 0.91
- Citation
- Monette J, Galbaud du Fort G, Fung SH, Massoud F, Moride Y, Arsenault L, Afilalo M Evaluation of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) as a screening tool for delirium in the emergency room General hospital psychiatry. 2001;23(1):20-5. PMID 11226553
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- 2026-07-19
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