A protocol of an international validation study to assess the clinical accuracy of the eDIS-ICU delirium screening tool

Oystein Tronstad, Sue Patterson, Anna-Liisa Sutt PhD, India Pearse, Karen Hay, Keibun Liu, Kei Sato, Yuji Koga, Ayaka Matsuoka, Takashi Hongo, Indrek Rätsep, John F. Fraser and Dylan Flaws Aust Crit Care. DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.02.003

Background: Delirium is a common, yet underdiagnosed neuropsychiatric complication of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, associated with significant mortality and morbidity. Delirium can be difficult to diagnose, with gold standard assessments by a trained specialist being impractical and rarely performed. To address this, various tools have been developed, enabling bedside clinicians to assess for delirium efficiently and accurately. However, the performance of these tools varies depending on factors including the assessor's training. To address the shortcomings of current tools, electronic tools have been developed.