The paediatric Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (pCAM-ICU): Translation and cognitive debriefing for the German-speaking area

Purpose: To date there are only a few studies published, dealing with delirium in critically ill patients. The problem with these studies is that prevalence rates of delirium could only be estimated because of the lack of validated delirium assessment tools for the paediatric intensive care unit (PI...

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Main Authors: Clemens de Grahl, Alawi Luetz, Alexander Gratopp, Dennis Gensel, Judith Mueller, Heidi Smith, E. Wesley Ely, Heiko Krude, Claudia Spies
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2012-04-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
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Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2012-10/000158.shtml