Delirium - Acute Confusional States in Palliative Medicine - Softcover
Delirium is a complex syndrome with a multifactorial aetiology and it is characterized by marked disturbances of consciousness, attention, memory, perception, thought, sleep-wake cycle, and by fluctuation of symptoms. Its assessment and management must be individualised based on both a biomedical understanding of the disease and its comorbidities, and an understanding of prognosis, risks and benefits of treatment. Every intervention must be informed by a critical understanding of the changng goals of care. These complexities are all explored in this book.
This book outlines the historical basis of delirium, provides a clear clinical definition of the syndrome, discusses the pathophysiology, reviews the assessment techniques and examines the opportunities for management. It aims to provide palliative care physicians and specialist nurses, neurologists, psychiatrists, and other health professionals treating terminally ill patients with a clear account of how to recognise and deal with the syndrome.
This book outlines the historical basis of delirium, provides a clear clinical definition of the syndrome, discusses the pathophysiology, reviews the assessment techniques and examines the opportunities for management. It aims to provide palliative care physicians and specialist nurses, neurologists, psychiatrists, and other health professionals treating terminally ill patients with a clear account of how to recognise and deal with the syndrome.
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"This is a very well illustrated volume dealing with clinical and research challenges related to delirium." -Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Vol. 106, 2004
Dr Augusto Caraceni, Chief of Neurology Unit, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Unit, National Cancer Institute of Milan, Italy Professor Luigi Grassi, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Chairman and Chief Section of Psychiatry, University of Ferrara, Italy
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"This is a very well illustrated volume dealing with clinical and research challenges related to delirium." -Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Vol. 106, 2004
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0192631993
- ISBN 13 9780192631992
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages280
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