Efficacy and safety of haloperidol prophylaxis for delirium prevention in older medical and surgical at-risk patients acutely admitted to hospital through the emergency department: study protocol of a multicenter, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

BACKGROUND: Delirium is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality rates in elderly hospitalised patients, and a growing problem due to increase in life expectancy. Implementation of standardised non-pharmacological delirium prevention strategies is challenging and adherence remains low. Ph...

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Autores principales: Schrijver, Edmée JM, de Vries, Oscar J, Verburg, Astrid, de Graaf, Karola, Bet, Pierre M, van de Ven, Peter M, Kamper, Ad M, Diepeveen, Sabine HA, Anten, Sander, Siegel, Andrea, Kuipéri, Esther, Lagaay, Anne M, van Marum, Rob J, van Strien, Astrid M, Boelaarts, Leo, Pons, Douwe, Kramer, Mark HH, Nanayakkara, Prabath WB
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25168927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-96

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