Abstract
A shortcut review was carried out to see if the
abbreviated mental test score was better than
other cognitive screening tools to diagnose
delirium in the ED. Fourteen papers were
identified reporting on 10 separate ED studies.
Only one small study used the abbreviated
mental test score and did not compare the
diagnostic performance to any other test.
There is very little published research on the
use of the abbreviated mental test score in the
ED setting.