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Key Points Psychiatrists face multiple challenges when caring for a dying patient, encompassing issues of diagnosis and treatment, as well as larger ethical and legal considerations. Psychiatrists may be uniquely effective in helping a dying patient by ensuring optimization of…
Key Points Incidence Delirium is a syndrome caused by an underlying physiological disturbance. Of patients admitted to intensive care units, delirium may develop in more than half. Pathophysiology The pathophysiology of delirium remains unclear, but the current leading theory cites…