Abstract
The usefulness of motor subtypes of delirium is unclear due to inconsistency in sub-typing methods and a lack of validation with objective measures of motor activity levels. Patients were studied with hyperactive, hypoactive, and mixed presentations of delirium. The patient's activity was determined with 24 hour accelerometer-based monitoring and a continuous wavelet transform was applied with a wavelet deemed suitable to distinguish between these motor presentations. The procedures were well tolerated and motor presentations were readily distinguished using the accelerometry-based measurements.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 3574-3577 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781424418152 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2008 |
| Event | 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - Vancouver, BC, Canada Duration: 20 Aug 2008 → 25 Aug 2008 |
Conference
| Conference | 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 |
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| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Vancouver, BC |
| Period | 20/08/08 → 25/08/08 |