Care of patients with delirium at the end of life

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 35-40

  Ganzini, Linda ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

AKATHISIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARKINSONISM; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33947212310     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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