22.1 delirium in postsurgical populations

No studies have evaluated pediatric patients prospectively for delirium outside the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Given that delirium is a serious complication of pediatric illness, that anesthesia is a known risk factor, and that delirium after anesthesia is linked to poor outcomes, this study was designed to describe the frequency, subtypes, and risk factors for pediatric delirium after general anesthesia for elective surgery, and to assess for the persistence of delirium symptoms at the time of postanesthesia recovery unit discharge.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Clinical Perspectives 22 Source Type: research