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FURTHER READING Journal articles Brown S. Degner L. Delirium in the terminally-ill cancer patient: aetiology, symptoms and management. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 2001; 7(6): 266-72.Caraceni A. Nanni O. Maltoni M. Piva L. Indelli M. Arnoldi E. Monti M. Montanari L. Amadori D. De Conno F. Impact of delirium on the short term prognosis of advanced cancer patients. Italian Multicenter Study Group on Palliative Care. Cancer. 2000; 89(5): 1145-9. Foreman MD. Wakefield B. Culp K. Milisen K. Delirium in elderly patients: an overview of the state of the science. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 2001; 27(4): 12-20.Hughes A. Recognising the causes of delirium in older people. Nursing Times. 2001; 97(33): 32-3. Inouye SK, van Dyck CH, Alesi et al. Clarifying confusion: the confusion assessment method- a new method for detection of delerium. Annals of Internal Medicine 1990; 113: 941-948.Katz IR. Jeste DV. Mintzer JE. Clyde C. Napolitano J. Brecher M. Comparison of risperidone and placebo for psychosis and behavioral disturbances associated with dementia: a randomized, double-blind trial. Risperidone Study Group. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 1999; 60(2): 107-15. Lawlor PG. Gagnon B. Mancini IL. Pereira JL. Hanson J. Suarez-Almazor ME. Bruera ED. Occurrence, causes, and outcome of delirium in patients with advanced cancer: a prospective study. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2000: 160(6): 786-94.Lawlor PG. Bruera ED. Delirium in patients with advanced cancer. Hematology - Oncology Clinics of North America. 2002; 16(3): 701-14. Lawlor PG. The panorama of opioid-related cognitive dysfunction in patients with cancer: a critical literature appraisal. Cancer. 2002; 94(6): 1836-53.Lonergan E. Luxenberg J. Colford J. Haloperidol for agitation in dementia (Cochrane Review). The Cochrane Library, 2002; Issue 2. Oxford: Update Software Ltd. (www.cochrane.org) Morita T. Tsunoda J. Inoue S. Chihara S. Survival prediction of terminally ill cancer patients by clinical symptoms: development of a simple indicator. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology. 1999: 29(3): 156-9.Schuurmans MJ. Duursma SA. Shortridge-Baggett LM. Early recognition of delirium: review of the literature. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2001; 10(6): 721-9. Shury A. Managing delirium in the palliative care of older people. Nursing Older People. 2002; 14(4): 16-8.Wakefield B. Johnson JA. Acute confusion in terminally ill hospitalized patients. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 2001; 27(4):49-55 Resource books and websites Stedeford A. Confusion. In, Facing Death: patients, families and professionals, 2nd edition. Oxford: Sobell Publications, 1994 A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care, 5th ed. Regnard C, Hockley J. Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004 Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine 3rd ed. Doyle D, Hanks G, Cherny NI, Calman K eds. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003. PCF2- Palliative Care Formulary, 2nd ed. Twycross RG, Wilcock A, Charlesworth S. Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2003. Also on www.palliativedrugs.com Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer, 3rd edition. 2001. Twycross RG, Wilcock A. Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press. www.palliativedrugs.com Updated website for the Palliative Care Formulary |
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