Alcohol withdrawal as an underrated cause of agitated delirium and terminal restlessness in patients with advanced malignancy

Pain as a cause of agitated delirium.

A N 85-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH MULTIPLE medical problems, including dementia, coronary artery disease, renal insufficiency, and peripheral vascular disease, was admitted to our hospital with urosepsis. Her hospital course was complicated by the development of dry gangrene of her left foot, Candida sepsis, Clostridium difficile enterocolitis, and multiple deep sacral and trochanteric pressure ulcers...

First do no harm... Terminal restlessness or drug-induced delirium.

Terminal restlessness is a term frequently used to refer to a clinical spectrum of unsettled behaviors in the last few days of life. Because there are many similarities between the clinical pictures observed in terminal restlessness and delirium, we postulate that at times what is referred to as terminal restlessness may actually be an acute delirium sometimes caused by medication used for symp...

Acute Alcohol Withdrawal and Delirium Tremens

Acute Alcohol Withdrawal and Delirium Tremens

Acute Alcohol Withdrawal and Delirium Tremens