Detecting Incident Delirium within Routinely Collected Inpatient Rehabilitation Data: Validation of a Chart-Based Method

• Main Authors: Marco G. Ceppi (Author), Marlene S. Rauch (Author), Peter S. Sándor (Author), Andreas R. Gantenbein (Author), Shyam Krishnakumar (Author), Monika Albert (Author), Christoph R. Meier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Delirium is a brain condition associated with poor outcomes in rehabilitation. It is therefore important to assess delirium incidence in rehabilitation. Purpose: To develop and validate a chart-based method to identify incident delirium episodes within the electronic database of a Swiss...