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amily Engagement and Empowerment (having loved ones present to reorient the patient).

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This is the most critical starting point. Clinicians look for a sudden change in mental status from the patient's baseline or evidence that their mental state has fluctuated (e.g., coming and going) over the past 24 hours. amily Engagement and Empowerment (having loved ones present

This refers to any state other than "alert and calm." It is measured using scales like the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) . A patient is positive for this feature if their RASS score is anything other than zero. icudelirium

The CAM-ICU algorithm identifies delirium based on :