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Objectives:

To examine validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium.

Design:

Prospective double-blinded observational cohort study.

Setting:

Eight-bed mixed PICU (post-surgical and internal medicine) from May 2017 to June 2018.

Patients:

All children between the ages of 0–13 years who were admitted to the PICU for at least 24 hours were eligible for inclusion, as long as the child was arousable to verbal stimulation.

Interventions:

Two nurses simultaneously and independently assessed each patient for pediatric delirium with the Japanese version of the Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium; this was compared to the gold standard of psychiatric diagnosis based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition standards.

Measurements and Main Results:

Forty-one children were enrolled and 92 assessments (ranging from one to four per …