Benzodiazepines for delirium

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lonergan, Edmund ^a   Luxenberg, Jay ^a   Sastre, Almudena Areosa ^a   Wyller, Torgeir Bruun ^b  

^a Ullevål University Hospital ^*

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines *therapeutic use ; Delirium *drug therapy ; Dexmedetomidine therapeutic use ; Humans; Lorazepam therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL;

ACUTE CONFUSION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGITATION; AMNESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATAXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW DRUG DOSE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VENTILATED PATIENT;

EID: 85050488616     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006379.pub2     Document Type: Review

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