Table 1 Study descriptions ^a

Janssen et al., 2011 [9],[16]

University hospital

PAED

Unclear ("interns")

DSM-IV and multidisciplinary meeting

1 (psychiatrist, with input from PICU team)

November 2006 through February 2010

All PICU patients ages 1 to 17 yr without deep sedation; if elective surgery, PICU stay >48 hr

Consecutive; retrospective

144 (n =10, 6% where PAED could not be rated)

Smith et al., 2011 [10]

University hospital

p-CAM-ICU

6 (4 bedside nurses, 2 intensivists)

DSM-IV

2 (psychiatrists)

1 July 2008 through 30 March 2009

All PICU patients ages ≥5 yr

Consecutive (except weekends and holidays); prospective

68 (n =17, 20%; no paired assessment =13, assessments >3 hr apart =3, withdrawn =1)

Silver et al., 2012 [11]

University hospital

CAP-D

2 (1 intensivist, 1 resident)

DSM-IV

4 (2 psychiatrists, 2 fellows)

Unspecified 6-week period

All PICU patients with RASS score above -4

Consecutive; prospective

50 (n =6, 11% with incomplete data)

Traube et al., 2013 [17]

University hospital

CAP-D(R)

>100 (bedside nurses)

DSM-IV

6 (psychiatrists)

March 2012 through May 2012

All PICU patients with RASS score above -4

Consecutive; prospective

111 (0)

Schieveld et al., 2007 [12]-[15]

University hospital

Clinical suspicion^b

Unclear (intensivists)

DSM-IV and multidisciplinary meeting

1 (psychiatrist, with input from PICU team)

January 2002 through December 2005

All PICU patients

Consecutive; prospective

877 (0)