Recognition of Delirium Features in Clinical Practice: Data from the "Delirium Day 2015" National Survey.
Enrico MosselloFrancesca TesiSimona G Di SantoAndrea MazzoneMonica TorriniAntonio CherubiniMario BoMassimo MusiccoAngelo BianchettiAlberto FerrariNicola FerraraMarco TrabucchiAlessandro MorandiGiuseppe Bellellinull nullPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2017)
The delirium feature that nurses were best able to recognize was cognitive fluctuations. The nonmotor subtype was associated with a lower recognition rate. Routine observation and registration of delirium features by nurses in clinical practice might be helpful to increase formal diagnosis of delirium.