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Table 1 Correlation of clinical suspicion of attending physicians, medical residents and nurses to perform the diagnosis of delirium compared with the CAM-ICU

From: Incidence of delirium in three critical care units of a teaching hospital in Brazil

κ

Delirium

Hypoactive

Hypoactive or mixed

Attending physicians

0.610

NA

0.009

Medical residents

0.656

0.025

0.035

Nurses

0.690

0.038

0.057

  1. Kappa values for delirium (three subtypes), and only the hypoactive or hypoactive and mixed. NA, not available: no agreement between CAM-ICU and the evaluation by attending physicians.