[Delirium in a patient with cerebral metastasis]. / Delirium bei einem Patienten mit zerebraler Metastasierung.

Delirium is a common complication in palliative care of preterminally or terminally ill cancer patients. Based on a case report of a delirious male patient with cerebral metastasis, typical manifestations, etiologies, risk factors and possible therapies of palliative delirium will be reviewed. Furthermore, difficult therapeutic decisions with regard to the use of corticosteroids, fentanyl and parenteral rehydration therapy will be discussed.