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Antipsychotic prescribing patterns during and after critical illness: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Antipsychotics are used to treat delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) despite unproven efficacy. We hypothesized that atypical antipsychotic treatment in the ICU is a risk factor for antipsychotic prescription at discharge, a practice that might increase risk since long-term use is...

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Autores principales: Tomichek, Jason E., Stollings, Joanna L., Pandharipande, Pratik P., Chandrasekhar, Rameela, Ely, E. Wesley, Girard, Timothy D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1557-1