Efficacy of risperidone in the treatment of delirium in elderly patients

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 62-65

  Ikezawa, Koji ^a,b   Canuet, Leonides ^a   Ishii, Ryouhei ^a   Iwase, Masao ^a   Teshima, Yoshio ^b   Takeda, Masatoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delirium; Delirium Rating Scale (DRS); Elderly; Risperidone

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 44949192836     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2008.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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