Diagnostic considerations regarding pediatric delirium: A review and a proposal for an algorithm for pediatric intensive care units

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1843-1849

  Schieveld, Jan N M ^a   Van Der Valk, Judith A ^b   Smeets, Inge ^a   Berghmans, Eline ^a   Wassenberg, Renske ^a   Leroy, Piet L M N ^c   Vos, Gijs D ^c   Van Os, Jim ^c,d  

^a European Graduate School of Neuroscience Maastricht   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAM ICU; Children; Critical illness; Delirium; Diagnosis; DSM IV; PAED; Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU); RASS; Sickness behavior

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALGORITHM; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DECISION TREE; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VITAL SIGN;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DECISION TREES; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 73949104796     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1652-8     Document Type: Review

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