Case of delirium complicated with pneumonia that improved with blonanserin administration

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 588-589

  Andoh, Hidehiro ^a   Kato, Koji ^a   Sato, Reiko ^a   Akama, Fumiaki ^a   Sakaguchi, Takako ^a   Matsumoto, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLONANSERIN; RISPERIDONE;

AGED; AGITATION; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA;

AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PIPERIDINES; PNEUMONIA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RISPERIDONE;

EID: 77957333558     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2010.02124.x     Document Type: Letter

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