The challenge of managing severe delirium: an observational study of the effects of pharmacological and supportive care on delirium duration and resolution in 602 patients

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background: Delirium is the most common neuropsychiatric disorder seen in hospitalised patients. Current guidelines recommend only using antipsychotics with distressed patients. Nonetheless, in routine clinical practice, multiple psychotropics are commonly administered. More evidence on the short-term benefits of various management approaches in patients with delirium is required. <h4>M...

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• Aged
• Classification
• Critical Illness
• Emergency Service, Hospital
• Geriatric Assessment
• Mental Status Schedule
• Phenotype
• Risk Factors

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Literature Corpus work

ed68c421-454a-5b1a-8257-0c3c7848f4e2

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10.21203/rs.2.18810/v1