[The Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC)--translation and validation of intensive care delirium checklist in accordance with guidelines].
BACKGROUND
Although Delirium is the most common psychiatric disease in ICU settings, it is recognized late or not at all in up to 84 % of all cases.


METHODS
Translation of the ICDSC, in accordance with ISPOR guidelines and validation by conducting a screening of 68 ICU patients.


RESULTS
The translation process was authorized by the original author. The final German translation of the ICDSC showed a sensitivity and specificity of 89 % and 57 % respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The ICDSC is suitable for delirium screening by nurses even on ventilated patients. Besides a high sensitivity another advantage is the possibility to screen for a subsyndromal delirium.
Radtke
Finn M
FM
Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Campus Charité Mitte und Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin. finn.radtke@charite.de
Franck
Martin
M
Oppermann
Stefan
S
Lütz
Alawi
A
Seeling
Matthes
M
Heymann
Anja
A
Kleinwächter
Robin
R
Kork
Felix
F
Skrobik
Yoanna
Y
Spies
Claudia D
CD
D003693:Delirium / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results