Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 5, 2026

Setting Up a Stroke Team Algorithm and Conducting Simulation-based Training in the Emergency Department - A Practical Guide
Published on: January 15, 2017
Military Service Members and Emergence Delirium Screening: An Evidence-Based Practice Project
Purpose:
Emergence delirium (ED) is a postoperative phenomenon characterized by agitation, confusion, and violent physical or verbal behavior that can occur after general anesthesia. Preoperative identification of patients at risk for ED may allow providers to take steps to minimize the incidence or severity of ED. Because no formal tool currently exists, the purpose of this project was to develop and evaluate a screening tool based on available evidence of ED risk factors.
Design:
This quality improvement project used a preimplementation and postimplementation design.
Methods:
One hundred consecutive adult patient charts were reviewed 2 months before implementation of the project questionnaire. These data were used to confirm preimplementation screening rates. Postimplementation, prospective data were gathered to test this newly developed assessment tool for usefulness in the clinical setting.
Findings:
The use of this focused screening tool significantly increased preoperative identification of patients at risk for ED compared with the preimplementation preoperative screening routine. Identification rates for at-risk patients rose from 5% to 21%-22.5% using this tool.
Conclusions:
This project demonstrated that the use of a focused tool to identify risk factors for ED could significantly increase actual identification rates for at-risk patients in the clinical setting.
More Related Videos
06:55Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting Propensity Score using the Military Health System Data Repository and National Death Index
Published on: January 8, 2020
13:44Project-Based Learning Guidelines for Health Sciences Students: An Analysis with Data Mining and Qualitative Techniques
Published on: December 9, 2022
Related Concept Videos
The Evidence for Evolution
Emerging Adulthood
Fischer Projections
Newman Projections
The organic molecules rotate across the single bonds leading to numerous temporary three-dimensional structures of varying energy known as...
Introduction Cardiac Emergencies
Coordinates and Map Projections