Cost Associated With Pediatric Delirium in the ICU.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the costs associated with delirium in critically ill children.

Design

Prospective observational study.

Setting

An urban, academic, tertiary-care PICU in New York city.

Patients

Four-hundred and sixty-four consecutive PICU admissions between September 2, 2014, and December 12, 2014.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

All children were assessed for delirium daily throughout their PICU stay. Hospital costs were analyzed using cost-to-charge ratios, in 2014 dollars. Median total PICU costs were higher in patients with delirium than in patients who were never delirious ($18,832 vs $4,803; p < 0.0001). Costs increased incrementally with number of days spent delirious (median cost of $9,173 for 1 d with delirium, $19

SUBMITTER: Traube C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5592112 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature