Delirium Diagnostic and Classification Challenges in Palliative Care: Subsyndromal Delirium, Comorbid Delirium-Dementia, and Psychomotor Subtypes

• Published in: Journal of pain and symptom management Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 199 - 214
• Main Authors: Leonard, Maeve M., Agar, Meera, Spiller, Juliet A., Davis, Brid, Mohamad, Mas M., Meagher, David J., Lawlor, Peter G.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anesthesia; assessment; Biological and medical sciences; classification and hospice; Comorbidity; Delirium; Delirium - classification; Delirium - diagnosis; Delirium - epidemiology; dementia; Dementia - classification; Dementia - diagnosis; Dementia - epidemiology; diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Medical sciences; Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology; Pain Medicine; palliative care; Palliative Care - methods; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; psychomotor; Psychomotor Disorders - classification; Psychomotor Disorders - diagnosis; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; subsyndromal; Delirium; classification and hospice; assessment; subsyndromal; diagnosis; dementia; palliative care; psychomotor; Evaluation; Organic mental disorder; Classification; Palliative care; Palliative care unit; Degenerative disease; Diagnosis; Subtype; Mental confusion; Dementia

Delirium often presents difficult diagnostic and classification challenges in palliative care settings. To review three major areas that create diagnostic and classification challenges in relation to delirium in palliative care: subsyndromal delirium (SSD), delirium in the context of comorbid dement...