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Pediatric delirium and associated risk factors: a single-center prospective observational study.

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In this institution, pediatric delirium is a prevalent problem, with identifiable risk factors, and further large-scale prospective studies are required to explore multi-institutional prevalence, modifiablerisk factors, therapeutic interventions, and effect on long-term outcomes.
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Objective:To describe a single-institution pilot study regarding prevalence and risk factors for delirium in critically ill children.Design:A prospective observational study, with secondary analysis of data collected during the validation of a pediatric delirium screening tool, the Cornell Assessmen

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The role and interpretation of pilot studies in clinical research

TL;DR: The roles and limitations of pilot studies are described here using a clinical trial as an example to evaluate the feasibility of recruitment, randomization, retention, assessment procedures, new methods, and implementation of the novel intervention.
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Sleep duration from infancy to adolescence: reference values and generational trends.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors calculate percentile curves for total sleep duration per 24 hours, for nighttime and for daytime sleep duration from early infancy to late adolescence to illustrate the developmental course and age-specific variability of these variables among subjects.
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Delirium as a predictor of long-term cognitive impairment in survivors of critical illness

TL;DR: In this study of mechanically ventilated medical intensive care unit patients, duration of delirium was independently associated with long-term cognitive impairment, a common public health problem amongintensive care unit survivors.
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