CAM-ICU Flowsheet
2010The CAM-ICU Flowsheet is the official flowchart presentation of the CAM-ICU bedside assessment for critically ill adults, including patients who cannot give a conventional verbal response.
Classification
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Original paper
- Original validation paperGuenther U, Popp J, Koecher L, Muders T, Wrigge H, Ely EW, et al. Validity and reliability of the CAM-ICU Flowsheet to diagnose delirium in surgical ICU patients. Journal of critical care. 2010;25(1):144-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.08.005. PMID: 19828283.
This paper reports the original validation of CAM-ICU Flowsheet. It reported sensitivity of 88–92% and specificity of 100% against an independent DSM-IV clinical assessment.
At a glance
- Purpose
- Episodic assessment
- Population
- Adult
- Setting
- Intensive care
- Time
- approximately 2 min in the original CAM-ICU validation
- Score or threshold
- Feature-based CAM-ICU classification; see the current authorised flowsheet.
Format: An official flowchart presentation of the CAM-ICU bedside assessment for critically ill adults. The tasks, feature wording, response options, thresholds and decision rule are not reproduced here.
Evidence
Reported sensitivity and specificity
Original/source study · 2010 — pmid:19828283
- Denominator
- 54 patients; 54 paired assessments
- Reference standard
- Psychiatrist DSM-IV diagnosis
Original validation: two physician investigators assessed 54 surgical ICU patients; sensitivity was 88% and 92%, and specificity was 100% for both.
More evidence and citation details
- Full name
- CAM-ICU Flowsheet
- Related profiles
- CAM-ICU, CAM-ICU-7, CAM-ICU Plus
- Evidence summary
- multi-study
- Reference standard
- Psychiatrist DSM-IV diagnosis
- Citation
- Guenther U, Popp J, Koecher L, Muders T, Wrigge H, Ely EW, Putensen C Validity and reliability of the CAM-ICU Flowsheet to diagnose delirium in surgical ICU patients J Crit Care. 2010;25(1):144-151. PMID 19828283
Copyright and reuse
- Version
- Current CIBS flowsheet (2023 PDF when checked)
- Rights holder
- E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH and Vanderbilt University
- Licence
- CLINICAL-IMPLEMENTATION-PERMISSION-NOT-OPEN-LICENCE
- Information checked
- 2026-07-19
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