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. 2026 Sep 8;16(9):328. doi: 10.3390/nursrep16090328
Abbreviation Meaning
ABCDEF Assess, Prevent, and Manage Pain; Both Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials; Choice of Analgesia and Sedation; Delirium Assessment, Prevention, and Management; Early Mobility and Exercise; Family Engagement and Empowerment
CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
CAM Confusion Assessment Method
CAM-ICU Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit
CG Control Group
CI Confidence Interval
DDS Delirium Detection Score
DOSS Delirium Observation Screening Scale
DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
EG Experimental Group
ERAS Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
HELP Hospital Elder Life Program
ICDSC Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist
ICU Intensive Care Unit
MD Mean Difference
Nu-DESC Nursing Delirium Screening Scale
OPCABG Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
PICOS Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcomes, and Study Design
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews
RASS Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale
RCT Randomized Controlled Trial
RoB 2 Risk of Bias 2
ROBVIS Risk-of-Bias Visualization
RR Risk Ratio
SCCM Society of Critical Care Medicine
SMD Standardized Mean Difference
TAES Transcutaneous Acupoint Electrical Stimulation
4AT 4 A’s Test