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Table 2 Rates of inappropriate CAM-ICU assessments

From: Prospective evaluation of inappropriate unable-to-assess CAM-ICU documentations of critically ill adult patients

CAM-ICU

MICU

SICU

Total

p value

UTA

96

20

116

 

 Inappropriate UTA, n (%)

24 (25)

11 (55)

35 (30.2)

0.0142

Positive

90

13

103

0.0629

 Inappropriate positive, n (%)

20 (22.2)

7 (53.8)

27 (26.2)

0.0369

Negative

168

52

220

0.0293

 Inappropriate negative, n (%)

4 (2.4)

8 (15.4)

12 (5.5)

0.0014

Total CAM-ICU assessments

354

85

439

 

 Not assessed

283

184

467

<0.0001