Celine Thibault, Geneviève Du Pont-Thibodeau, Simon MacDonald, Camille Jutras, Marie-Élaine Metras, Karen Harrington, Baruch Toledano, Nadia Roumeliotis, Catherine Farrell, Jacques Lacroix, Laurence Ducharme-Crevier
The lasting consequences of delirium in children are not well characterized. This study aimed to compare the two-month outcomes in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) survivors according to the presence of delirium. Post-hoc analysis of a single-center prospective study of mechanically ventilated (invasive ventilation or non-invasive ventilation) children followed at the CHU Sainte-Justine PICU follow-up clinic two months after PICU discharge, between October 2018 and August 2022. Delirium was defined as one or more Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium (CAPD) scores ≥ 9...
March 23, 2024: European Journal of Pediatrics