Delirium: acute confusional states in palliative medicine

This volume provides palliative care physicians, specialist nurses, neurologists, psychiatrists, and other health professionals with a clear account of howto recognise and treat delirium, the most common neuro-psychiatric complication encountered by patients in the terminal phase of illness. INDICE: List of abbreviations; 1: From history to present definitions; 2: From history to present definitions; 3: Epidemiology; 4: Clinical phenomenology; 5: Differential diagnosis; 6: Frequent aetiologies; 7: Delirium in special populations; 8: Diagnostic assessment; 9: Management; 10: Family issues; Appendices

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957205-2
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 06/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés