Inpatient Makes Children Hallucinate

YOU should begin to be careful when your child should spend the night in the intensive care unit (ICU). The reason is, one of third children who must undergo inpatient in the hospital tend to experience delusions, including hallucinations and excessive fear. Researchers in Britain claim that the symptoms will take the children on the state of post-traumatic stress (post traumatic stress disorder).

The researchers found the children tend to hallucinate when they are given strong sedatives such as opiates and benzodiazepines, for more than two days.

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