Delirium prevalence, incidence, and implications for screening in specialist palliative care inpatient settings: A systematic review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 486-498

  Hosie, Annmarie ^a,b   Davidson, Patricia M ^c,d   Agar, Meera ^d,e,f,g   Sanderson, Christine R ^b,d,e   Phillips, Jane ^a,d,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b Calvary Health Care Sydney ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Improving Palliative Care Through Clinical Trials (ImPaCCT)   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g Braeside Hospital   (Australia)

^h St Vincent's and Mater Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; delirium; incidence; inpatients; palliative care; prevalence; review; screening

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCREENING;

CANCER; DELIRIUM; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCREENING;

DELIRIUM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877941430     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312457214     Document Type: Review

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