Perioperative haloperidol to prevent postoperative delirium [7]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 861-

  Seitz, Dallas ^a   Gill, Sudeep S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QT INTERVAL; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGED; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; NOTE;

AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELIRIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33744987160     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00714.x     Document Type: Letter

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