Risk factors for delirium in adult patients receiving specialist palliative care: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Imogen FeatherstoneTrevor SheldonMiriam J Johnson Rebecca Woodhouse Jason W Boland Annmarie Hosie Peter G LawlorGregor RussellShirley BushNajma Siddiqi

Published in: Palliative medicine (2021)

Findings may usefully inform interventions to reduce delirium risk but more high quality prospective cohort studies are required to enable greater certainty about associations of different risk factors with delirium during specialist palliative care.

Keyphrases

palliative care
advanced cancer
cardiac surgery
risk factors
hip fracture
acute kidney injury
physical activity
young adults
childhood cancer