Divalproex sodium in nursing home residents with possible or probable Alzheimer disease complicated by agitation: A randomized, controlled trial

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 942-949

  Tariot, Pierre N ^a,f   Raman, Rema ^b   Jakimovich, Laura ^a   Schneider, Lon ^c   Porsteinsson, Anton ^a   Thomas, Ronald ^b   Mintzer, Jacobo ^d   Brenner, Ronald ^e   Schafer, Kim ^b   Thal, Leon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e Neuro Behavioral Research Inc   (United States)

^f Monroe Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; LORAZEPAM; PLACEBO; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; ZOLPIDEM; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECCHYMOSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFESTATION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESTLESSNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33644877231     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200511000-00004     Document Type: Article

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