Review article

DELIRIUM INCIDENCE IN PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

MARTINA MATOLIĆ ; University Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
VIVIANA MRŠIĆ ; University Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
DIANA BUTKOVIĆ ; Institute of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, University Department of Pediatrics, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
MAJA KARAMAN ILIĆ ; University Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Delirium is a serious neuropsychiatric disorder and pediatric delirium (PD) is a similarly serious condition. PD is understudied and very often misdiagnosed, especially in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). It is important to early diagnose PD, so that early psychosocial interventions and therapy can be introduced. Valid diagnostic instruments are needed at PICU to assess PD. There
are many scales and tests to diagnose delirium but none of them is specific enough to diagnose PD. Although PD is a serious complication at PICU, clinical guidelines for PD are still lacking, therefore additional investigations are needed to bring them out.

Keywords

pediatric delirium; pediatric intensive care unit; diagnostic instruments

Hrčak ID:

93239

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/93239

Publication date:

30.10.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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