Frequency, severity, and treatment of agitation in young versus elderly patients in the ICU

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 75-82

  Fraser, Gilles L ^a,b   Prato, B Stephen ^b   Riker, Richard R ^a,b   Berthiaume, Donald ^b   Wilkins, Micheline L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION;

EID: 0033989101     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.20.1.75.34663     Document Type: Article

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