Delirium in critically ill children
School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences | PHD
Funding
Unfunded
Reference Number
SMED-2201-1068
Application Deadline
None specified
Start Date
None specified
Overview
The international point prevalence of pediatric delirium is 25%, increasing to 38% for children in paediatric intensive care 6 days or longer. Risk factors include younger age, mechanical ventilation, benzodiazepines, sedatives, and use of physical restraint. In order to recognize the problem, there is a critical need to understand how delirium is prevented, assessed and managed in a heterogeneous population of critically ill children.
This project will involve undertaking:
systematic reviews of the literature
interviews with critical care clinical staff
consensus building and implementing delirium assessment in UK paediatric intensive care units
Project Summary
Supervisor
Professor Bronagh Blackwood
Mode of Study
Full-time: 3 years