Research Article
Delirium in Acute Stroke: A Survey of Screening and Diagnostic Practice in Scotland
Table 2
Questions regarding diagnostic practices and tools utilised.
| Question | Doctors | Nurses |
| How do you normally diagnose delirium in stroke patients? | | | Standardised tool | 1 (2.7%) | 1 (3.4%) | Clinical judgement | 22 (61%) | 6 (20.6%) | Both the aforementioned | 13 (36.1%) | 8 (27.5%) | I do not diagnose delirium in my practice | 0 | 12 (41.3%) | Other | 0 | 2 (6.8%) | If you use a tool to diagnose or screen for delirium in stroke patients, please indicate which tool you use | | | CAM | 11 (30%) | 7 (24.1%) | CAM-ICU | 2 (5.5%) | 0 | DRS | 0 | 0 | Delirium symptom review | 1 (2.7%) | 0 | Organic brain syndrome scale | 0 | 0 | Other | 8 (22.2%) | 4 (13.7%) | No response | 14 (38.8%) | 18 (62%) |
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CAM: confusion assessment method. CAM-ICU: confusion assessment method for intensive care unit. DRS: delirium rating scale.
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