Pediatric delirium: monitoring and management in the pediatric intensive care unit

Heidi A B Smith; Emily Brink; Dickey Catherine Fuchs; Eugene Wesley Ely; Pratik P Pandharipande

doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2013.02.010

Pediatric delirium: monitoring and management in the pediatric intensive care unit

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2013 Jun;60(3):741-60. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2013.02.010. Epub 2013 Mar 19.

Authors

Heidi A B Smith¹, Emily Brink, Dickey Catherine Fuchs, Eugene Wesley Ely, Pratik P Pandharipande

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. heidi.smith@vanderbilt.edu

PMID: 23639666
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2013.02.010

Abstract

This review article updates the pediatric medical community on the current literature regarding diagnosis and treatment of delirium in critically ill children. This information will be of value to pediatricians, intensivists, and anesthesiologists in developing delirium monitoring and management protocols in their pediatric critical care units.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Child
Critical Illness
Delirium / diagnosis*
Delirium / etiology
Delirium / therapy*
Humans
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric

Abstract

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