Many triggers for agitation are fleeting, and episodes of agitation are self-limiting, so watchful waiting is often preferable to antipsychotic prescription [ 53].
Well-red Crack open the fruit juice On a short fuse The warlords' way State of concern Captive nation A Bollywood song and dance Reprints Related items Texting in China: Well-redFeb 18th 2010China has so far survived the global economic downturn with hardly any of the agitation many once feared it might cause among unemployed workers or jobless university graduates.
For many mixing and agitation processes, such as in dough making, as mixing energy is placed, the resistance to extension increases and then after some point it decreases again.
Conflict can cause many psychological problems; agitation, loss of peace of mind, unhappiness, nervousness, sleep disorders and depression were identified by the participants.
A large proportion of such lobotomized patients exhibited reduced tension or agitation, but many also showed other effects, such as apathy, passivity, lack of initiative, poor ability to concentrate, and a generally decreased depth and intensity of their emotional response to life.
Many scores for evaluating agitation, sedation and confusion in the ICU are presently available [ 10, 11, 34- 37].
Environmental adjustments, such as lifestyle support are generally first line interventions; however, many cases of aggression, agitation and psychotic symptoms may require pharmacotherapy (Zaudig 2000).
Haloperidol has been used for many years to manage agitation in mechanically ventilated ICU patients, and it is the recommended drug for treatment of ICU delirium [ 90].
Many of the sedation-agitation scales have been extensively tested for inter-rater reliability and validated against a variety of parameters.
