Pediatric Delirium: Impact and Opportunities by C. Traube, K. Madden | OPENPediatrics

Listen as Dr. Traube, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, maps out the landscape of pediatric delirium in the PICU setting. She identifies trends and treatments that contribute to current delirium rates, the associated costs of delirium, and what practices hospitals are adopting to reduce delirium rates. Upon viewing this presentation, participants will be able to:   • Characterize pediatric delirium cases • Identify the underlying factors that lead to delirium • Discuss how sedation management and other ICU exposures can impact delirium incidence • Describe the effects of delirium on pediatric outcomes Initial publication: June 21, 2019. Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu