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However, this remains challenging in clinical practice due to the absence of a diagnostic gold standard and the considerable administrative burden associated with established screening tools such as the 4AT score.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n The aim of this study is to compare the 4AT score with an established AI-supported prognostic tool in applied clinical practice. Our goal is to demonstrate that shifting from a purely diagnostic approach toward AI-supported delirium risk prediction enables more efficient clinical workflows, reduces misclassification rates, facilitates earlier and more targeted interventions, and ultimately improves long-term patient outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n In this prospective study, a total of 2002 patients from a trauma ward were screened and assessed for delirium risk using the 4AT score and the AI-based tool at admission, on the evening of admission, and on the following day, with each assessment predicting the risk of delirium occurrence at any point during the remainder of the hospital stay. The AI tool based its predictions on clinical data automatically derived from electronic health records. The AI-based tool applied a previously developed and validated random forest model (not developed as part of this study).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Of the 2002 processed patients, the AI prediction tool correctly predicted 87.3% (165\/189) of patients with delirium onset as at-risk, compared to an early detection rate of 28.0% (5\/189) achieved by the 4AT score. Moreover, the AI-based tool correctly classified 73.9% (1340\/1813) patients without delirium as not-at-risk, compared to 96.3% (1746\/1813) for the 4AT score. Therefore, the AI-based tool achieved very good delirium predictions, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.884 (95% CI 0.8634\u20100.9039).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n The AI-based delirium prognostic tool demonstrated superior early predictive capacity for delirium risk at admission, compared with the 4AT score. 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