Medicina intensiva
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Observational Study
Clinical characteristics, prevalence, and factors related to delirium in children of 5 to 14 years of age admitted to intensive care.
To evaluate the clinical characteristics, prevalence and factors associated with delirium in critical patients from 5 to 14 years of age. ⋯ The frequency of delirium and hypoactivity was high. It is therefore necessary to routinely evaluate patients with standardized instruments. All patients presented with important neurocognitive alterations. Several factors related with the physiopathology of delirium were associated to the diagnosis; some of them are modifiable through the rationalization of medical care.