A Brief Informant Screening Instrument for Dementia in the ICU: The Diagnostic Accuracy of the AD8 in Critically Ill Adults Suspected of Having Pre-Existing Dementia.

CONCLUSIONS: Among critically ill patients judged at risk for pre-existing dementia, the 2- to 3-min AD8 is highly sensitive and has a high NPV. These data indicate that the brief tool can serve to rule out dementia in a specific patient population. PMID: 32259825 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord Source Type: research