DeltaScan: DeltaScan single-channel EEG

2024

A medical-device approach using automated single-channel EEG to support assessment of acute encephalopathy and delirium. It is physiologic testing rather than a questionnaire and sits outside the site's narrow bedside-instrument scope.

Classification

Domain-specific or adjunctive measureUse in intensive care units

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Original paper

Principal sourceDitzel FL, Hut SCA, van den Boogaard M, Boonstra M, Leijten FSS, Wils EJ, et al. DeltaScan for the Assessment of Acute Encephalopathy and Delirium in ICU and non-ICU Patients, a Prospective Cross-Sectional Multicenter Validation Study. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2024;32(9):1093-1104. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.12.005. PMID: 38171949.
This paper reports the principal validation of DeltaScan. It is the main source for the method, its intended use and the evidence available at publication.
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At a glance

Purpose: Domain-specific or adjunctive measure
Population: Adult ICU and non-ICU patients
Setting: Intensive care, General / acute hospital
Time: brief single-channel EEG acquisition; use manufacturer protocol

Evidence

Evidence maturityNo eligible DTA study identified

More evidence and citation details

Full name: DeltaScan single-channel EEG
Evidence summary: external-validation
Citation: Ditzel FL, Hut SCA, van den Boogaard M, et al. DeltaScan for the Assessment of Acute Encephalopathy and Delirium in ICU and non-ICU Patients, a Prospective Cross-Sectional Multicenter Validation Study American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2024;32(9):1093-1104. PMID 38171949

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Version: Commercial single-channel EEG device/algorithm evaluated in the 2024 validation study
Information checked: 2026-07-19

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