Delirium: Part 1 Maria Orsini EdD, MSN, RN Chief Nurse Performance Improvement and Research Durham VA Health Care System
Delirium: Part 1
Maria Orsini EdD, MSN, RN
Chief Nurse Performance Improvement and Research
Durham VA Health Care System
OBJECTIVES
• Define Delirium
• Define Challenges with Delirium: Before and after COVID Era
• List Outcomes Associated with Delirium
• Use Validated Instrument to Measure Delirium
• Practice Using CHIMBOP Model
• Review Study on Restraints & Delirium
• List Differences between Delirium & Depression
• Review Studies on Medications & Consultation
What is Delirium?
• Syndrome
• Sudden/Acute
• Confusion
• Unable to focus/Inattention
What concerns do you have?Nursing Response…
Challenges of Caring for Older Adults
Atypical Presentation of Illness
Reduced mobility Falling
Acute Confusion Fatigue
Anorexia Urinary Incontinence
Functional decline Lack of pain with a disease known to
Generalized weakness cause pain
COVID ERA: Atypical Symptoms
• Decreased general well being
• Poor feeding
• No dyspnea
• No fever
• No cough
• (Kotfis, et al., 2020; O’Haulou & Inouye, 2020)
Delirium in COVID ERA
Neurological Symptoms• Lack of smell and taste• Short and long-term memory loss• Short and long-term cognitive dysfunction• 8% headache• 1% central mediated nausea and vomiting• 45% neuro symptoms in severely ill patients• Look for early symptoms of delirium which may
indicate impending respiratory failure• (Kotfis, et al., 2020)
2.5X (Han et al., 2009)
22-76% Delirium (McCusker, et al., 2002)
Mortality
55% COVID + Delirium 50 years or older (Garcez et al., 2020)
NOT RECOGNIZED
delirium
Lack of Recognition
• https://pogoe.org/content/9928
• https://pogoe.org/content/9929
(POGO, The Portal for Geriatrics Online Education)
Mixed Delirium= Hyper + Hypo Deliriumhttps://pogoe.org/content/9930(POGO, The Portal for Geriatrics Online Education)
Pain Recognition in Delirium
• https://pogoe.org/content/9926
(POGO, The Portal for Geriatrics Online Education)
Diagnostic Accuracy of Confusion Assessment Method (Pamaiahgari, 2018)
Sensitivity (++)
CAM 82%
CAM-ICU 81%
Specificity (- -)
CAM 99%
CAM-ICU 98%
Delirium Superimposed on Dementia
CAM 77%
Delirium Superimposed on Dementia
CAM 96%-100%
After learning how to use the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), learners will demonstrate completing a CAM using an
scenario
Learning outcome #1
How to Assess Inattention
Do not use orientation questions!
Ask one of these questions
• Tell me the dates of the month backwards, starting with December (six months)
• Spell the word “LUNCH” backwards
• Tell me the numbers from 10 to 1 backwards
How to Assess Disorganized Thinking
• Clinical Symptoms: hallucinations, illusions, delusions• Answers from common sense Yes/No questions:
– Will a stone float on water?– Are there fish in the sea?– Does one pound weigh more than two pounds?– Can you use a hammer to pound a nail?
• In ICU CAM, for patients who cannot speak, patient must demonstrate understanding by:– Caregiver says: “Hold up this many fingers” (holding two)– Caregiver says: “Now do the same with the other hand” (Han et al., 2013)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCq13KNzxcopkOkGDsk4c8w?
view_as=subscriber
3 Hyper and 3 Hypo Delirium Interprofessional Videos
in Maria’s YouTube Chanel Developed using a Duke research grant
Faculty Demonstrates completing bCAM
Demonstration
Learning Outcome #1
Learner will complete CAM after watching this video: Handoff
PRACTICE
Elements that can cause delirium. Delirium may be prevented or reversed with proper interventions.
• C = Constipation
• H = Hypovolemia or hypoglycemia
• I = Infection
• M = Medications
• B = Bladder catheter and bladder outlet obstruction
• O = Oxygen deficiency & Others (ie. Hearing aids, glasses, lighting, environment, theaters)
• P = Pain
Learning Outcome #2
CHIMBOP Practice
• Individually
• Use all the resources provided to identify factors in the CHIMBOP Model that could be affecting the patient in the following case study
Learning Outcome #2 Resources
Next: American Geriatric Society 2019 BEERS Criteria: Inappropriate medications for elderly: http://files.hgsitebuilder.com/hostgator257222/file/ags_2019_beers_pocket_printable_rh.pdf
American Geriatric Society 2019 BEERS Criteria: Inappropriate medications for elderly
Black Box Warning
Learning Outcome #2 Resources:Quicksofa.org: suspicion of infection & 2 elements in
the scale
Glasgow Scale <=13 points >= 22 rpm Systolic BP<=100
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• Newman, J. C., Ormseth, C. H., and Wesley Ely, E. (2020). Collaborative delirium prevention in the age of COVID-19. Journal of American Geriatric Society, 68(5), 947-949. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16480. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7262233/
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