Antipsychotics in the treatment of delirium: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-21

  Seitz, Dallas P ^a,c   Gill, Sudeep S ^b   Van Zyl, Louis T ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIANSERIN; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33846865310     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v68n0102     Document Type: Article

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