Delirium, or severe confusion and disorientation, is often experienced by critically ill patients, and although causality between delirium and mortality is not established, critically ill patients who ...
Dec. 13 (UPI) --A drug normally used for delirium in ICU is largely ineffective, pushing for a need for more personalized care, according to a study at Indiana University. The research, published ...
A major study published Monday finds that widely prescribed antipsychotic drugs like haloperidol are no more effective than a placebo for treating delirium. (Nehru Sulejmanovski/Getty Images) Powerful ...
Trazodone, a drug commonly used to treat depression and sleep problems, is linked to better outcomes among older adults hospitalized with delirium than commonly used antipsychotic medications. The ...
New Haven’s BioXcel Therapeutics on Thursday announced the start of Phase 2 human testing to see if its anti-agitation drug can calm patients with delirium. This would be the fifth potential disease ...
Investigators from the departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences at Cedars-Sinai have shown that an immune-suppressing drug similar to one used to treat ...
Powerful drugs that have been used for decades to treat delirium are ineffective for that purpose, according to a study published online Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Antipsychotic ...
Powerful drugs that have been used for decades to treat delirium are ineffective for that purpose, according to a study published online Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Antipsychotic ...