The preventative role of exogenous melatonin administration to patients with advanced cancer who are at risk of delirium: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Delirium is a very common and distressing neuropsychiatric syndrome in palliative care. Increasing age, the presence of dementia and advanced cancer are well-known predisposing risk factors for delirium development. Sleep-wake cycle disturbance is frequently seen during delirium and mela...

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Autores principales: Bush, Shirley Harvey, Lacaze-Masmonteil, Nathalie, McNamara-Kilian, Marie Theresa, MacDonald, Alistair Richard, Tierney, Sallyanne, Momoli, Franco, Agar, Meera, Currow, David Christopher, Lawlor, Peter Gerard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4982224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27515515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1525-8

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