Delirium in Advanced Cancer Patients Worsens Survival

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Patients with advanced cancer who arrived at the ED with delirium had increased rates of hospitalization and ICU admissions, as well as shorter survival rates, according to a study published in The Oncologist. Many patients with delirium in the ED lacked advance directives. Based on these data, oncologists should regularly assess patients for delirium and discuss goals of care and advance directives, according to the researchers.

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