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Psychiatry Research

Volume 23, Issue 1, January 1988, Pages 89-97
Psychiatry Research

A symptom rating scale for delirium

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Abstract

The authors present a 10-item clinician-rated symptom rating scale for delirium. Compared to demented, schizophrenic, and normal control groups, 20 delirious subjects scored significantly higher on the scale, which quantitates multiple parameters affected by delirium. The scale can be used alone or in conjunction with an electroencephalogram and bedside cognitive tests to assess the delirious subject.

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Paula T. Trzepacz, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Director, Consultation-Liaison. Robert W. Baker, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Joel Greenhouse, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

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