Diagnosing delirium in critically ill children: Validity and reliability of the Pediatric Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit*

• DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181feb489
• Publication Date: 2010-10-15T07:50:39Z
• Authors: Heidi A. B. Smith; Jenny Boyd; D. Catherine Fuchs; Kelly Melvin; Pamela Berry; Ayumi Shintani; Svetlana K. Eden; Michelle K. Terrell; Tonya Boswell; Karen Wolfram; Jenna Sopfe; Frederick E. Barr; Pratik P. Pandhar...; E. Wesley Ely
• Keywords: Male; Observer Variation; Critical Care; Psychometrics; Critical Illness; Delirium; Reproducibility of Results; Reference Standards; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Neuropsychiatry; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; 3. Good health; Cohort Studies; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Child, Preschool; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Female; Prospective Studies; Child; Confusion

To validate a diagnostic instrument for pediatric delirium in critically ill children, both ventilated and nonventilated, that uses standardized, developmentally appropriate measurements.