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CAM-ICU

noun/kam ˌaɪ siː ˈjuː/

C2CEFR level
95/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A bedside assessment tool for detecting delirium in intubated or non-verbal intensive care patients.

A positive CAM-ICU prompted us to review his sedation and treat his pain.

Similar: Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU

Topic: Critical care in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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