Implementation, reliability testing, and compliance monitoring of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit in trauma patients.

Objective: To implement delirium monitoring, test reliability, and monitor compliance of performing the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) in trauma patients.

Design And Setting: Prospective, observational study in a level 1 trauma unit of a tertiary care, university-based medical center.

Patients: Acutely injured patients admitted to the trauma unit between 1 February 2006 and 16 April 2006.