Altered Mental Status
I was instructed from ICD-9 training to query for the etiology of
documented AMS and consider looking for indicators of the different types
of encephalopathy. Sometimes this is straightforward due to polypharmacy
or drug overdose or severe illness, but with the kids that have a
neurologic deficit at baseline, this is not so easy. Does any one else
come across this and can you direct me to some research regarding AMS in
pediatric patients? The query template we are currently using doesn't seem
sufficient and I would like to amend it.
Thanks,
Kathy Allen Wilson, RN CDIS
ACH/Johns Hopkins
St Petersburg, FL
kwilso73@jhmi.edu
documented AMS and consider looking for indicators of the different types
of encephalopathy. Sometimes this is straightforward due to polypharmacy
or drug overdose or severe illness, but with the kids that have a
neurologic deficit at baseline, this is not so easy. Does any one else
come across this and can you direct me to some research regarding AMS in
pediatric patients? The query template we are currently using doesn't seem
sufficient and I would like to amend it.
Thanks,
Kathy Allen Wilson, RN CDIS
ACH/Johns Hopkins
St Petersburg, FL
kwilso73@jhmi.edu