OBJECTIVES: Pediatric delirium is a neuropsychiatric disorder with disrupted cerebral
functioning due to underlying disease and/or critical care treatment. Pediatric delirium can …

Widespread screening is needed in critically ill children to detect and mitigate delirium. The
identification of modifiable risk factors has provided an opportunity for delirium prevention …

OBJECTIVE: To develop comprehensive clinical practice guidelines for critically ill infants
and children, with specific attention to seven domains of care including pain …

Critically ill pediatric patients often require complex medical procedures as well as invasive
testing and monitoring which tend to be painful and anxiety-provoking, necessitating the …

Objectives: To evaluate current international practice in PICUs regarding components of the
“Assessing Pain, Both Spontaneous Awakening and Breathing Trials, Choice of Sedation …

OBJECTIVES: Pediatric delirium (PD) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome caused by a complex
interplay between predisposing factors (eg, age, cognitive impairment), acute illness, and …

Delirium is a syndrome characterised by an acute and fluctuating alteration in cognition and
awareness. It occurs frequently in children with serious medical illness, and is associated …

Background and Objective Delirium represents the most common form of acute cerebral
dysfunction in critical illness. The prevention, recognition, and treatment of delirium must …

The Cornell Assessment for Pediatric Delirium (CAPD) was first proposed by the Pediatric
Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network-Stem Cell Transplantation and Cancer …

As survival after pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission has improved over recent
years, a key focus now is the reduction of morbidities and optimization of quality of life for …