Delirium

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 412-415

  Nayeem, Kaiser ^a   O'Keeffe, Shaun T ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agitation; Cognitive impairment; Delirium; Haloperidol; Lorazepam; Pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGOXIN; HALOPERIDOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OPIATE AGONIST; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRAZODONE;

AGED; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG POTENCY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEDATION; SLEEP;

EID: 0142260389     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-5-412     Document Type: Review

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