Psychotropic and anti-dementia treatment in elderly persons with clinical signs of dementia with Lewy bodies: a cross-sectional study in 40 nursing homes in Sweden

BACKGROUND: Elderly persons with a dementia diagnosis often suffer from different neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) such as delusions, hallucinations, depression, anxiety, irritability and agitation. Currently, the medical treatment for NPS consists mostly of psychotropic medication such as hypnotics/...

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Autores principales: Zahirovic, Iris, Torisson, Gustav, Wattmo, Carina, Londos, Elisabet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5816356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29454305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0740-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5816356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29454305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0740-4

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