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[[Antipsychotic agent]]s can improve deliriuim.<ref name="pmid17443602">{{cite journal |author=Lonergan E, Britton AM, Luxenberg J, Wyller T |title=Antipsychotics for delirium |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=2 |pages=CD005594 |year=2007 |pmid=17443602 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2 |issn=}}</ref> | [[Antipsychotic agent]]s can improve deliriuim.<ref name="pmid17443602">{{cite journal |author=Lonergan E, Britton AM, Luxenberg J, Wyller T |title=Antipsychotics for delirium |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=2 |pages=CD005594 |year=2007 |pmid=17443602 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2 |issn=}}</ref> | ||
[[Benzodiazepam]]s may worsen delirium.<ref name="pmid8561204">{{cite journal |author=Breitbart W, Marotta R, Platt MM, ''et al'' |title=A double-blind trial of haloperidol, chlorpromazine, and lorazepam in the treatment of delirium in hospitalized AIDS patients |journal=Am J Psychiatry |volume=153 |issue=2 |pages=231–7 |year=1996 |month=February |pmid=8561204 |doi= |url=http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8561204 |issn=}}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 21:04, 6 January 2009
In medicine, delirium is a "disorder characterized by confusion; inattentiveness; disorientation; illusions; hallucinations; agitation; and in some instances autonomic nervous system overactivity )."[1]
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, delirium is "reduced ability to think or concentrate, restlessness, anxiety, irritability, drowsiness, hypersensitivity to stimuli, nightmares."[2]
Subsyndromal delirium
Subsyndromal delirium may cause morbidity among hospitalized individuals.[2]
Treatment
Antipsychotic agents can improve deliriuim.[3]
Benzodiazepams may worsen delirium.[4]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Delirium (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cole M, McCusker J, Dendukuri N, Han L (June 2003). "The prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium in elderly medical inpatients". J Am Geriatr Soc 51 (6): 754–60. PMID 12757560. [e]
- ↑ Lonergan E, Britton AM, Luxenberg J, Wyller T (2007). "Antipsychotics for delirium". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2): CD005594. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD005594.pub2. PMID 17443602. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Breitbart W, Marotta R, Platt MM, et al (February 1996). "A double-blind trial of haloperidol, chlorpromazine, and lorazepam in the treatment of delirium in hospitalized AIDS patients". Am J Psychiatry 153 (2): 231–7. PMID 8561204. [e]