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Combined didactic and scenario-based education improves the ability of intensive care unit staff to recognize delirium at the bedside

John W Devlin1,2*, Francois Marquis3, Richard R Riker4, Tracey Robbins4, Erik Garpestad5, Jeffrey J Fong1,2, Dorothy Didomenico6 and Yoanna Skrobik3

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1 School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA

2 Department of Pharmacy, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA

3 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Maisoneuve-Rosemont Hospital, 5415 de l'Assomption, Montreal, QC H1T 2M4, Canada

4 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME 04102, USA

5 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA

6 Department of Nursing, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA

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Critical Care 2008, 12:R19 doi:10.1186/cc6793

Published: 21 February 2008

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Additional file 1:

containing a table that presents the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist Worksheet.

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Additional file 2:

containing descriptions of the four different test cases.

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