Pediatric Delirium. Monitoring and Management in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 741-760

  Smith, Heidi A B ^a   Brink, Emily ^a   Fuchs, Dickey Catherine ^a   Ely, Eugene Wesley ^a   Pandharipande, Pratik P ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Brain dysfunction; Critical care; Delirium; Encephalopathy; Pain; Pediatric; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZIPRASIDONE;

AGITATION; ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNX SPASM; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SEDATION; TORSADE DES POINTES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ALGORITHM; CRITICAL ILLNESS;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877015235     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2013.02.010     Document Type: Review

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