Sedation/Delirium

Give Hugs, Not Drugs! Managing Pediatric Delirium (Pediatrics)

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Kristina Betters, MD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  Vanderbilt University
  Nashville, Tennessee

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

Once thought to not apply to pediatric patients, it is now recognized that delirium is highly prevalent and often overlooked. Validated tools exist for screening and diagnosing delirium. It is still challenging to implement strategies for preventing and managing delirium. This session will review methods for screening and identifying delirium and will further delineate both nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic prevention and management strategies.

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Presentations:

• How Is Delirium Identified in Pediatric Patients?
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Kristina A. Betters, MD (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
• Nonpharmacologic Prevention and Management of Delirium
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Stacey R. Williams, BSN, MSN, CPNP-AC – Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
• Pharmacologic Management Strategies
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Peter N. Johnson, PharmD, BCPPS, FPPA – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy