Prevention and treatment strategies for delirium

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 52-58

  Foreman, Marquis D ^a   Milisen, Koen ^b,c   Marcantonio, Edward ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c University Hospitals   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NURSING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10344243476     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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