DEC: Delirium Etiology Checklist
2019A structured research checklist used by physician reviewers to classify likely causes of an established delirium episode. It is not a delirium detection test or a substitute for clinical investigation.
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Original paper
- Principal sourceCirbus J, MacLullich AMJ, Noel C, Ely EW, Chandrasekhar R, Han JH. Delirium etiology subtypes and their effect on six-month function and cognition in older emergency department patients. International psychogeriatrics. 2019;31(2):267-276. doi: 10.1017/S1041610218000777. PMID: 30021661.
This is the principal published source for DEC. It is the main source for the method, its intended use and the evidence available at publication.
At a glance
- Purpose
- Cause / aetiology support
- Population
- Older adults with established delirium admitted from an emergency department
- Setting
- Emergency department, General / acute hospital
- Time
- retrospective expert record review; completion time not reported
- Score or threshold
- Not applicable
Evidence
More evidence and citation details
- Full name
- Delirium Etiology Checklist
- Evidence summary
- research-use-in-prospective-cohort
- Source-study sample
- n = 228
- Citation
- Cirbus J, MacLullich AMJ, Noel C, Ely EW, Chandrasekhar R, Han JH Delirium etiology subtypes and their effect on six-month function and cognition in older emergency department patients International Psychogeriatrics. 2019;31(2):267-276. PMID 30021661
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- Information checked
- 2026-07-19
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