Are common delirium assessment tools appropriate for evaluating delirium at the end of life in cancer patients?
Megumi UchidaTatsuya MoritaTatsuo AkechiNaosuke YokomichiAkihiro SakashitaTakayuki HisanagaTakashi MatsuiAsao OgawaKazuhiro YoshiuchiSatoru Iwasenull nullPublished in: Psycho-oncology (2020)
A considerable number of cancer patients with delirium became unconscious or non-communicative. Existing delirium assessment tools may be inappropriate for measuring the severity of delirium in end-of-life.