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J Clin Psychiatry
January 2025
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Drug Informatics, Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan.
Although antipsychotics are used commonly for delirium, they increase the risk of mortality in elderly patients and those with dementia. As hydroxyzine has sedative and anxiolytic effects, it can be used in the treatment of delirium. We performed a retrospective study to compare the effects of intravenous hydroxyzine and haloperidol monotherapy on delirium.
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January 2025
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, San Antonio, Texas.
To evaluate weight change with a combination of olanzapine and samidorphan (OLZ/SAM) versus olanzapine by pooling data across clinical studies. This study was an individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis of clinical trial data. EMBASE, MEDLINE, and PsycInfo were searched for randomized clinical trials (≥12 weeks) in adults with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder in which weight change from baseline was the primary or secondary end point.
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January 2025
Section of Affective Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
Background: Antipsychotic drugs are the mainstay of treatment for schizophrenia. Even though several novel second-generation antipsychotics (i.e.
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December 2024
Department of Intensive Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Background: Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) frequently develop hyperactive delirium, which may be accompanied by behaviour that increases clinical risks to themselves as well as other patients and staff. There is a paucity of evidence to inform the urgent enteral administration of antipsychotic drugs to treat such hyperactive delirium and behavioural disturbances.
Objective: The aim of this study is to test the efficacy and safety of administering enteral olanzapine when compared to quetiapine in critically ill patients with hyperactive delirium.
PLoS One
January 2025
Equipe EPICLIV, Université des Antilles, Fort-de-France, Martinique.
Introduction: Antipsychotic prescriptions are frequent in nursing homes due to the challenging management of symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. This study aimed to assess the association between Health-related Quality Of Life (HrQOL) and antipsychotic use in nursing homes.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of the KASEHPAD (Karukera Study of Ageing in Nursing Homes) study conducted in six nursing homes in Guadeloupe and Martinique (French West Indies).
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