The nurse is providing care to a pediatric patient diagnosed with delirium. Which factor in the patient’s history may have caused the delirium?
a. Use of cholinergic drugs
b. Evidence of diuresis
c. Myocardial event
d. Paint exposure
d. Paint exposure
The factor in the pediatric patient’s history that is the most likely cause of the delirium is exposure to environmental toxins, such as paint. Use of anticholinergic medications, not cholinergic medications, is a factor in developing delirium. Urinary retention, not diuresis, is a factor for developing delirium. While myocardial events can cause delirium in the older adult population, this is unlikely in a pediatric patient.
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