title: Assessment and treatment of terminal restlessness in the hospitalized adult patient with cancer.
abstract: Terminal restlessness affects a large proportion of patients with cancer at the end of life. It has many different risk factors, presentations, and causes. Management consists of keen assessment, identification and reversal of the causes, and treatment by a combination of pharmacological, environmental, and spiritual interventions.
authors.affiliation: Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blanchette
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology