Haloperidol plus promethazine for agitated patients - A systematic review;Haloperidol mais prometazina para pacientes agitados - Uma revisão sistemática

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-270

  Huf, Gisele ^a   Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire ^b   Adams, Clive Elliot ^c  

^a Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Drug combinations; Haloperidol; Promethazine; Review

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; OLANZAPINE; PROMETHAZINE;

AGITATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVULSION; DATA EXTRACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INDIA; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PROMETHAZINE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349857630     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462009000300014     Document Type: Review

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