52739-0
Disorganized thinking during 2 day assessment period
Trial
Status Information
- Status
- TRIAL
Term Description
The patient's thinking is disorganized or incoherent (e.g., rambling or irrelevant conversation, unclear or illogical flow of ideas, or unpredictable switching of topics or ideas).
Reference Information
| Type | Source | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Article | NCBI PubMed | Inouye SK, vanDyck CH, Alessi CA, Balkin S, Siegal AP, Horwitz RI. Clarifying confusion: The Confusion Assessment Method. A new method for detection of delirium. Ann Intern Med. 1990; 113: 941-948. Link to PubMed |
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Disorganized thinking during 2D assessment period
- Property
- Find
- Time
- 2D
- System
- ^Patient
- Scale
- Ord
- Method
- Observed.CAM.CARE
Normative Answer List: LL567-9
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services| Answer | Code | Score | Answer ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavior is not present. | 0 | LA9938-7 | |
| Behavior continuously present does not fluctuate. | 1 | LA9937-9 | |
| Behavior present, fluctuates (e.g., comes and goes, changes in severity). | 2 | LA9939-5 |
Basic Attributes
- Class
- SURVEY.CARE
- Type
- Surveys
- First Released
- Version 2.29
- Last Updated
- Version 2.54 (MAJ)
Member of these Panels
| LOINC | Long Common Name |
|---|---|
| 52495-9 | Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) |
| 52743-2 | Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Acute Care |
| 52748-1 | Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Home Health Admission |
| 52746-5 | Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Interim |
| 52744-0 | Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Post Acute Care (PAC) - Admission |
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Copyright
- Organization
- Dr. SK Inouye
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2003 Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., MPH. Adapted from: Inouye SK, vanDyck CH, Alessi CA, Balkin S, Siegal AP, Horwitz RI. Clarifying confusion: The Confusion Assessment Method. A new method for detection of delirium. Ann Intern Med. 1990; 113: 941-948. Confusion Assessment Method: Training Manual and Coding Guide.
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- URL
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