The incidence and prevalence of delirium across palliative care settings: A systematic review.

CONCLUSION: Delirium is prevalent across all palliative care settings, with one-third of patients delirious at the time of admission to inpatient palliative care. Study heterogeneity limits meta-analyses and highlights the future need for rigorous studies.
PMID: 31184538 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Palliative Medicine - June 10, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Watt CL, Momoli F, Ansari MT, Sikora L, Bush SH, Hosie A, Kabir M, Rosenberg E, Kanji S, Lawlor PG Tags: Palliat Med Source Type: research