Haloperidol Use Among Elderly Patients Undergoing Surgery

A total of 28 % (n = 570) of patients who underwent acute procedures and 24 % (n = 1086) of patients who underwent major procedures received haloperidol.

The effect of haloperidol's perioperative application on postoperative ...

A study reported intravenously administration of haloperidol at the beginning of delirium considerably improved POD in elderly patients [17].

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Patients receiving haloperidol had a significantly longer hospital stay (14 vs. 1 day, p < 0.001) than patients without haloperidol. Haloperidol users were more ...

Incidence Of Post-Operative Delirium In Geriatric Patients ...

In our study revealed that using prophylactic pre-operative haloperidol decrease the incidence of delirium among geriatric patient as well as ...

Adjunctive haloperidol prophylaxis reduces postoperative delirium ...

Adjunctive low-dose haloperidol prophylaxis reduced the severity and duration of delirium and length of hospital stay in elderly at-risk patients. However, ...

Review of the use of haloperidol in elderly patients with acute delirium

Haloperidol is mainly used for the treatment of schizophrenia. It is also used, depending on how it is taken, for the treatment of mania in ...

Haloperidol prophylaxis decreases delirium incidence in elderly ...

For elderly patients admitted to intensive care unit after noncardiac surgery, short-term prophylactic administration of low-dose intravenous haloperidol ...

Haloperidol Use Among Elderly Patients Undergoing Surgery - Cureus

The hospital's electronic drug database was used to identify the use of haloperidol during hospital admission.ResultsA total of 7782 procedures ...

Comparing in-hospital adverse events in elderly postoperative ...

Patients treated with haloperidol were older and had higher medical acuity. The risk of death for patients treated with haloperidol was 3.0% ...

Erratum to: Haloperidol Use Among Elderly Patients Undergoing ...

Erratum to: Haloperidol Use Among Elderly Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Retrospective 1-Year Study in a Hospital Population · Harmke Nijboer, · Geert Lefeber, ...

Antipsychotic Medication Use Among Older Adults Following ...

A 2017 study reported that among patients with delirium in the palliative care setting, risperidone and haloperidol users experienced worsened ...

Efficacy and safety of haloperidol for in-hospital delirium prevention ...

Haloperidol prophylaxis may reduce postoperative delirium in selected populations. · There are no placebo-controlled trials with haloperidol for delirium ...

Haloperidol Use Among Elderly Patients Undergoing Surgery: A ...

Haloperidol Use Among Elderly Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Retrospective 1-Year Study in a Hospital Population. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40801-016-0060-y ...

Haloperidol prophylaxis for preventing aggravation of postoperative ...

Similarly, Wang et al. [41] showed a significant reduction in the incidence of postoperative delirium when haloperidol was administered ...

Haloperidol (Haldol): reminder of risks when used in elderly patients ...

Contents · Advice for healthcare professionals: · Review of haloperidol use in elderly patients with delirium · Clinical advice available on ...

Haloperidol prophylaxis decreases delirium incidence in elderly ...

... dose intravenous haloperidol for delirium prevention in critically ill elderly patients after noncardiac surgery. ... use of low-dose ... in patients who had ...

Haloperidol prophylaxis does not prevent postoperative delirium in ...

No significant effect of the treatment was observed on the severity or persistence of postoperative delirium. The preventive administration of low-dose ...

Haloperidol in palliative care: Indications and risks - ScienceDirect

The safety profile as well as indications for the use of haloperidol have been highlighted, with a special focus on patients in palliative care. Its use in this ...

Haloperidol Prophylaxis for Elderly Hip-Surgery Patients at Risk for ...

important effect on the burden of surgical procedures in elderly patients, but little is known about the effectiveness of prophylactic pharmacological treatment ...

The effect of haloperidol's perioperative application on postoperative ...

Statistical data from research demonstrated that haloperidol administration authentically decreased the incidence of POD without evident side effects among old ...