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- Managing Delirium and Agitation in the Older Emergency . . . - ACEP
Management should focus on treatment of the underlying disorder, proactive measures to prevent worsening symptoms, and treatment of agitation, with a cautious awareness of the high risk of potential medication adverse effects
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Delirium in Elderly
Antipsychotics have been reported to reduce the agitation, anxiety, associated psychotic symptoms, have a sedative effect and have also been shown to improve the cognitive symptoms of delirium
- Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults - The New England Journal of Medicine
Behavioral disturbances should be managed with nonpharmacologic approaches first If required for patient safety, low doses of high-potency antipsychotic agents are usually the treatment of
- Delirium in Older Persons: Prevention, Evaluation, and Management - AAFP
Medications to treat delirium should be used only when conservative treatment has been inefective and the patient displays severe agitation associated with an increased risk of substantial
- Delirium Prevention and Management in Older Adults in the Emergency . . .
Thus, routine screening for delirium is vital to improve prevention and management in the ED The treatment of delirium focuses on addressing the underlying cause
- Agitation management strategies for older adults in the emergency . . .
Managing agitation in older adults is challenging in emergency care environments A scoping review of literature for agitation management approaches for older adults in ED EMS environments was completed
- Management of delirium in older adults: challenges and opportunities
Delirium management strategies can be broadly divided into those addressing prevention or treatment, as well as pharmacological and non-pharmacological modalities Additional considerations include peri-operative and post-operative delirium management and management of delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU)
- Delirium and management of behaviourally disturbed older patients
Northern Sydney Local Health District - Procedure: Management of the severely agitated older person: behavioural emergency in the elderly Pharmacological treatment usually not needed and should never be first line management as may worsen delirium
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