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Multicomponent non-pharmacological intervention to prevent delirium for hospitalised people with advanced cancer: study protocol for a phase II cluster randomised controlled trial
(BMJ Open, 2019-06)
Introduction Delirium is a significant medical complication for hospitalised patients. Up to one-third of delirium episodes are preventable in older inpatients through non-pharmacological strategies that support essential ...
Updated nomenclature of delirium and acute encephalopathy: statement of ten Societies
(Intensive Care Medicine, 2020-02)
Psychometric evaluation of the family caregiver ICU delirium knowledge questionnaire
(BMC Health Services Research, 2020-02-14)
Background Delirium is a common condition in critically ill patients, affecting nearly half of all patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). Family caregivers of critically ill patients can be partners in the early ...
A randomized trial of a specialist palliative care intervention for patients undergoing surgery for cancer: rationale and design of the Surgery for Cancer with Option of Palliative Care Expert (SCOPE) Trial
(2019-12-11)
Background: In medical oncology settings, early specialist palliative care interventions have demonstrated improvements in patient quality of life and survival compared with usual oncologic care. However, the effect of ...
Brain autopsies of critically ill COVID-19 patients demonstrate heterogeneous profile of acute vascular injury, inflammation and age-linked chronic brain diseases
(Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2022-12-17)
Background: This study examined neuropathological findings of patients who died following hospitalization in an intensive care unit with SARS-CoV-2.Methods: Data originate from 20 decedents who underwent brain autopsy ...