Sentence examples for severe agitation from inspiring English sources

The results of this naturalistic, retrospective, observational study suggest that IM ziprasidone monotherapy may be as effective for the treatment of severe agitation as combined IM conventional agents in severely agitated adolescents presenting to a PES.

Assigning breathlessness or chest tightness from cardiac ischemia to anxiety, and severe agitation from psychosis and threats of suicide from worsening depression to illicit drug or alcohol abuse, can result in life-threatening consequences.

Standing orders may include 2 mg of intravenous haloperidol per hour for severe agitation or hallucinations.

Addition of DEX to diazepam decreased the number of patients who required haloperidol for severe agitation.

Attempted extubation on postoperative day 3 resulted in reintubation for severe agitation after 1 h.

Antipsychotics (i.m. haloperidol, 5 mg boluses) were used as a rescue medication in both groups for severe agitation or hallucinations.

Physostigmine is recommended when the patient has severe agitation or psychosis not controlled with bezodiazepines or has intractable seizures or tachydysrhythmias with hemodynamic compromise [1].

DEX significantly reduced diazepam requirements in ICU patients with AWS and decreased the number of patients who required haloperidol for severe agitation and hallucinations.

The cessation of sedation in brain-injured patients may result in severe agitation and/or acute withdrawal syndrome related to the prolonged administration of large doses of benzodiazepines and/or opioids.

Typical reasons for ICU admission were severe agitation, hallucinations, Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale, Revised (CIWA-Ar) score ≥15, history of seizures or previous delirium tremens (DT), coexisting medical problems (e.g. pancreatitis) or respiratory distress.

The number of patients who received haloperidol as a rescue medication for severe agitation and hallucinations was lower in Group D (odds ratio 6.8, 95%% confidence interval 1.4 33).