Delirium: non-pharmacological and pharmacological management

Jason W Boland; Peter G Lawlor; Shirley H Bush

doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001966

Delirium: non-pharmacological and pharmacological management

BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2019 Dec;9(4):482-484. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001966. Epub 2019 Jul 30.

Authors

Jason W Boland^{1

2}, Peter G Lawlor^{3

4

5}, Shirley H Bush^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK Jason.Boland@hyms.ac.uk.
² Care Plus Group and St Andrew's Hospice, North East Lincolnshire, UK.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Palliative Care, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Bruyère Research Institute and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Bruyère Continuing Care, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 31366592
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001966

No abstract available

Keywords: antipsychotics; confusion; delirium; diagnosis; non-pharmacological interventions; palliative care; pharmacological interventions; screening.