Agents Intervening Against Delirium in Intensive Care Unit
Published on BioPortfolio: 2018-01-16T09:55:10-0500
Clinical Trials
Haloperidol for Delirium in Adult Critically Ill Patients
The EuRIDICE trial will study whether haloperidol as a first line treatment for ICU delirium reduces delirium duration (and severity). Adverse outcomes typically associated with delirium w...
Haloperidol vs Olanzapine for the Management of ICU Delirium
The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to determine whether haloperidol is superior to olanzapine for the treatment of ICU acquired delirium. The hypothesis is that haloperidol ...
The purpose of this study is to determine whether quetiapine, and haloperidol are effective and safe in the treatment psychiatric symptoms in patients with delirium.
PROfylactic Haloperidol in Patients Defined as High Risk for DElirium With Delirium Risk mOdel
The hospital pharmacy at the Zuyderland Medical Centre developed the DElirium MOdel (DEMO) to predict which patients are at risk of developing a delirium in patients aged 60 or older. With...
Haloperidol Prophylaxis in Cardiac Surgery for Patients at Risk for Delirium
Will the use of prophylactic Haloperidol for patients undergoing open heart surgery reduce the incidence, duration, and severity of post cardiotomy delirium?
PubMed Articles
Haloperidol and delirium in the ICU: the finger pointing to the moon.
Appetitive aspect of rat maternal behavior, such as pup retrieval, is motivationally driven and sensitive to dopamine disturbances. Activation or blockade of dopamine D receptors causes a similar disr...
Treatment of hypoactive delirium: is there a place for antipsychotics?
Hypoactive delirium is common among older hospitalised patients: between 29 and 64% of all older patients in hospital develop a delirium, of which the majority is of the hypoactive subtype. Hypoactive...
Adequate delirium recognition and management are important to reduce the incidence and severity of delirium. To improve delirium recognition and management, training of medical staff and students is n...
CSF sodium at toxic levels precedes delirium in hip fracture patients.
Delirium is an acute state of confusion and a fluctuating level of consciousness. It is precipitated by physical illness or trauma, such as pneumonia, heart infarction, or hip fracture. Delirium is co...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Emergence Delirium
A form of DELIRIUM which occurs after GENERAL ANESTHESIA.
Kveim Test
Intradermal injection of a heated (pasteurized) saline suspension of sarcoid tissue obtained from a sarcoid spleen or lymph node. In patients with active sarcoidosis a dusky red nodule develops slowly over the next few weeks at the injection site. Histologic examination, an essential part of the complete test, reveals sarcoid tissue.
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders
Cognitive disorders including delirium, dementia, and other cognitive disorders. These may be the result of substance use, trauma, or other causes.
Haloarcula
A genus of HALOBACTERIACEAE distinguished from other genera in the family by the presence of specific derivatives of TGD-2 polar lipids. Haloarcula are found in neutral saline environments such as salt lakes, marine salterns, and saline soils.
Halomonadaceae
A family of gram-negative, moderately halophilic bacteria in the order Oceanospirillales. Members of the family have been isolated from temperate and Antarctic saline lakes, solar salt facilities, saline soils, and marine environments.
