The relevance of including delirium in the assessment of sepsis-associated neurological disorders that cause changes in consciousness or confusion

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
² Department of Pediatrics, Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Children's - Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
⁴ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
⁵ Department of Child Health, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Banner Children's Hospital, University of Arizona - Mesa, Arizona, United States.

Editorial

Roberta Esteves Vieira de Castro et al. Crit Care Sci. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 30:37:e20250211.

doi: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250211. eCollection 2025.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
² Department of Pediatrics, Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Children's - Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
⁴ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
⁵ Department of Child Health, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Banner Children's Hospital, University of Arizona - Mesa, Arizona, United States.

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Conflicts of interest: None.

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