Treating an Established Episode of Delirium in Palliative Care: Expert Opinion and Review of the Current Evidence Base With Recommendations for Future Development

• Published in: Journal of pain and symptom management Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 231 - 248
• Main Authors: Bush, Shirley H., Kanji, Salmaan, Pereira, José L., Davis, Daniel H.J., Currow, David C., Meagher, David J., Rabheru, Kiran, Wright, David Kenneth, Bruera, Eduardo, Agar, Meera, Hartwick, Michael, Gagnon, Pierre R., Gagnon, Bruno, Breitbart, William, Regnier, Laura, 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; Antipsychotic Agents - adverse effects; Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; decision making; Delirium; Delirium - therapy; evidence-based medicine; Haloperidol - adverse effects; Haloperidol - therapeutic use; hospices; Humans; Medical sciences; Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology; Pain Medicine; palliative care; Palliative Care - methods; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; therapeutics; Delirium; therapeutics; hospices; palliative care; evidence-based medicine; decision making; Decision making; Evidence-based practice; Review; Evidence-based medicine; Recommendation; Organic mental disorder; Treatment; Palliative care; Palliative care unit; Mental confusion; Bibliographic review

Delirium is a highly prevalent complication in patients in palliative care settings, especially in the end-of-life context. To review the current evidence base for treating episodes of delirium in palliative care settings and propose a framework for future development. We combined multidisciplinary...