Throughout the course of treatment, all maintenance medications, including bupropion, were discontinued and the patient required escalating doses of benzodiazepines and typical antipsychotics to resolve symptoms. The patient's delirium subsided after approximately 5days. Conclusion Dopamine is thought to ...
The length of hospitalization was not predicted by haloperidol doses or lorazepam but by the number of days of agitation.Higher than recommended initial doses of haloperidol were frequently used in the treatment of delirium with acute agitation in hospitalized older people. We found no evidence to...
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deliriumdementiaemergency medicineolder adultAgitation and aggression are common in older emergency department (ED) patients, can impede the expedient diagnosis of potentially life‐threatening conditions, and can adversely impact ED functioning and efficiency. Agitation and aggression in older adults may be...
These attributes make them attractive for use in the treatment of agitation and delirium associated with noradrenergic hyperfunction [84]. α2-Agonists adminis- tered concurrently with benzodiazepines or opiate anal- gesics permit significantly decreased doses of these sedative narcotics, minimizing side...
The role of ciprofloxacin in a patient with delirium due to multiple etiologies A 40-year-old female with a lumbar drain was admitted to the neurosurgery service with a bacterial meningitis. During the course of her treatment with mult......
Common causes include hypoxaemia, infections, intoxication, uncomfortable body position, anxiety, full bladder, nicotine withdrawal, delirium, and drug side effects.20 Such factors cause physical or psychological distress that eventually results in agitation.20 Traditionally, sedation combined with physical ...
Introduction Agitated delirium is common in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation, and is often treated with haloperidol despite concerns about safety and efficacy. Use of conventional sedatives to control agitation can preclude extubation. Dexmedetomidine, a novel sedative and anxiolytic agent, may ...
The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of sedatives and analgesics are significantly altered in the critically ill. These changes may account for the la
Method Retrospective cohort study of all adults presenting to the emergency department with a diagnosis of AWS and prescribed the institution's alcohol withdrawal agitated delirium protocol 8 months pre and post shortage of IV diazepam were eligible inclusion for the study. Of these, 106 patients ...