Quality of care in hospitalized cancer patients before and after implementation of a systematic prevention program for delirium: the DELTA exploratory trial.

Asao OgawaYasuyuki OkumuraDaisuke FujisawaHiroyuki TakeiChiyuki SasakiKei HiraiYusuke KannoKensuke HigaYasuhiko IchidaAsuko SekimotoChie Asanuma

Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2018)

The systematic management program for delirium decreased the incidence of delirium and improved several clinical outcomes. These data suggest that this simple cost-effective program is feasible and implementable as routine care in busy wards.

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