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Comprehensive approaches to managing delirium in patients with advanced canceropen access
- Issue Date
- Feb-2013
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Delirium; Advanced cancer
- Citation
- CANCER TREATMENT REVIEWS, v.39, no.1, pp 105 - 112
- Pages
- 8
- Indexed
- SCI
SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- CANCER TREATMENT REVIEWS
- Volume
- 39
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 105
- End Page
- 112
- ISSN
- 0305-7372
1532-1967
- Abstract
- Delirium is a frequently under-recognized complication in patients with advanced cancer. Uncontrolled delirium eventually leads to significant distress to patients and their families. However, delirium episodes can be reversed in half of these patients by eliminating precipitating factors and using appropriate interventions. The purpose of this narrative review is to discuss the most recent updates in the literature on the management of delirium in patients with advanced cancer. This article addresses the epidemiology, cause, pathophysiology, clinical characteristics, and assessment of delirium as well as various treatment options, including nonpharmacologic intervention and palliative sedation. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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