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- Barbara Wiener.
- Abteilung für Neurologie, Landesklinikum Waldviertel Horn, Horn, Osterreich. wienerbarbara@hotmail.com
- Wien Med Wochenschr. 2008 Jan 1; 158 (23-24): 707-14.
AbstractDelirium is a common complication in palliative care of preterminally or terminally ill cancer patients. Based on a case report of a delirious male patient with cerebral metastasis, typical manifestations, etiologies, risk factors and possible therapies of palliative delirium will be reviewed. Furthermore, difficult therapeutic decisions with regard to the use of corticosteroids, fentanyl and parenteral rehydration therapy will be discussed.
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