@article{87106,
  author = {Chani Traube and Elizabeth Mauer and Linda Gerber and Savneet Kaur and Christine Joyce and Abigail Kerson and Charlene Carlo and Daniel Notterman and Stefan Worgall and Gabrielle Silver and Bruce Greenwald},
  title = {Cost Associated With Pediatric Delirium in the ICU.},
  abstract = { OBJECTIVE: To determine the costs associated with delirium in critically ill children.

DESIGN: Prospective observational study.

SETTING: An urban, academic, tertiary-care PICU in New York city.

PATIENTS: Four-hundred and sixty-four consecutive PICU admissions between September 2, 2014, and December 12, 2014.

INTERVENTIONS: None.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: All children were assessed for delirium daily throughout their PICU stay. Hospital costs were analyzed using cost-to-charge ratios, in 2014 dollars. Median total PICU costs were higher in patients with delirium than in patients who were never delirious ($18,832 vs $4,803; p  3 d with delirium; p },
  year = {2016},
  journal = {Crit Care Med},
  volume = {44},
  pages = {e1175-e1179},
  month = {12/2016},
  issn = {1530-0293},
  doi = {10.1097/CCM.0000000000002004},
  language = {eng},
}