Pharmacologic prevention and treatment of delirium in critically ill and non-critically ill hospitalised patients: A review of data from prospective, randomised studies

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-309

  Devlin, John W ^a   Al Qadhee, Nada S ^a   Skrobik, Yoanna ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

antipsychotic; critical care; critical illness; delirium; dexmedetomidine; drug therapy; haloperidol; hospital; intensive care unit; olanzapine; prevention; quetiapine; randomised controlled trial; treatment; ziprasidone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMISULPRIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DONEPEZIL; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MELATONIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; RIVASTIGMINE; ZIPRASIDONE;

AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; NIGHTMARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84867155878     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: 1532169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2012.07.005     Document Type: Review

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