JPOS/JASCC clinical guidelines for delirium in adult cancer patients: a summary of recommendation statements.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Japanese Psycho-Oncology Society and Japanese Association of Supportive Care in Cancer recently launched the clinical practice guidelines for delirium in adult cancer patients. The aim of the guidelines was to provide evidence-based recommendations for the clinical assessment and management of delirium in cancer patients. This article reports the process of developing the guideline and summarizes the recommendations made.

Methods

The guidelines were developed in accordance with the Medical Information Network Distribution Service creation procedures. The guideline development group, consisting of multidisciplinary members, formulated nine clinical questions. A systematic literature search was conducted to identify relevant articles published prior to through 3

SUBMITTER: Matsuda Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7202141 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature