Diagnosing delirium in critically ill children: Validity and reliability of the Pediatric Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-157

  Smith, Heidi A B ^a,b   Boyd, Jenny ^c   Fuchs, D Catherine ^a   Melvin, Kelly ^a   Berry, Pamela ^a,b   Shintani, Ayumi ^d   Eden, Svetlana K ^d   Terrell, Michelle K ^b   Boswell, Tonya ^b   Wolfram, Karen ^b   Sopfe, Jenna ^e   Barr, Frederick E ^b   Pandharipande, Pratik P ^a,f   Ely, E Wesley ^a,g  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VA TN Valley Health Care System   (United States)

^g Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

consciousness disorders; critical care; critical illness; delirium; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE PSYCHOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY; VENTILATED PATIENT;

EID: 78651263465     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181feb489     Document Type: Article

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