Antipsychotic prescribing in people admitted to hospital with dementia or delirium.

Objective: To evaluate antipsychotic prescribing in people with dementia or delirium admitted to a large regional Queensland hospital.

Methods: A retrospective observational study analysing medical records of patients prescribed antipsychotics over 6 months.

Results: We audited a sample of 141 patients, 65 years or over (over 45 years for indigenous peoples) with dementia or delirium, without severe mental illness, prescribed antipsychotics.