A Clinical Pathway to Standardize Care of Children With Delirium in Pediatric Inpatient Settings.

ABSTRACT: Pediatric delirium is an important comorbidity of medical illness in inpatient pediatric care that has lacked a consistent approach for detection and management. A clinical pathway (CP) was developed to address this need. Pediatric delirium contributes significantly to morbidity, mortality, and costs of inpatient care of medically ill children and adolescents. Screening for delirium in hospital settings with validated tools is feasible and effective in reducing delirium and improving outcomes; however, multidisciplinary coordination is required for implementation. The workgroup, composed of international experts in child and adolescent consultation psychiatry, reviewed the literature and developed a flowchart for feasible screening and management of pediatric delirium. When evidence was la

SUBMITTER: Silver GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11416144 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature