Central Nervous System (CNS) Medications and Delirium

Donna M. Fick

doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-0912-0_20

Central Nervous System (CNS) Medications and Delirium

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Delirium is a condition of acute and reversible confusion characterized by fluctuation, inattention, disorganized thinking, and an altered level of consciousness. The instrument most commonly used to assess delirium in the acute setting is the confusion assessment method or CAM. The CAM has been validated against geriatric psychiatrists' ratings using DSM-III-R (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised; American Psychiatric Association [APA] 1987) criteria and has been shown to have sensitivity between 94% and 100% and specificity between 90% and 95% (Inouye et al. 1990).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Drug Therapy for the Elderly
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Wien
Pages	259-277
Number of pages	19
Volume	9783709109120
ISBN (Electronic)	9783709109120
ISBN (Print)	3709109116, 9783709109113
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0912-0_20
State	Published - Jun 1 2013

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