eDIS-ICU — Electronic Delirium Screening Tool for the ICU

What this tool is and how to interpret its evidence

eDIS-ICU is a purpose-designed electronic screen for delirium in adult intensive care. The app was intended to guide efficient assessment without requiring specialist psychiatric expertise. It produces a probable-delirium classification from an app-led workflow. The public abstract does not establish a stable item count, exact completion time or enough detail to reconstruct the algorithm, so the page should link to the source and authorised application rather than present a substitute form. Clinical staff still require basic delirium education and an escalation pathway.

Sutt and colleagues conducted a prospective, single-centre pilot in a convenience sample of 29 ICU patients. Seven met an independent expert DSM-5 diagnosis. eDIS-ICU identified six of those seven, giving reported sensitivity of 86% and specificity of 73%; CAM-ICU was also administered for comparison. With only seven delirium cases, the estimates are imprecise and vulnerable to selection and implementation effects. The authors concluded that a definitive validation study was required.

eDIS-ICU is a genuine named delirium tool, but its evidence maturity is emerging rather than established. It deserves a page and a link to the related eDIS-MED candidate, yet should not increase the site's mature independent-family count. The description should state the pilot design, sample, reference standard and accuracy trade-off. It should not imply that an app result establishes cause, replaces clinical diagnosis or has been validated across ICUs, languages and levels of consciousness.