Amlodipine-induced Delirium in a Patient With Ischemic Stroke
| Autor: | Gulsen Kocaman, Abdulkadir Koçer, Süber Dikici, Şeyma Özdem |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Drug medicine.medical_specialty hypertension media_common.quotation_subject delirium Ischemia mental disorders Humans Medicine Elderly people Amlodipine Intensive care medicine Physical illness media_common business.industry Antagonist Dihydropyridine General Medicine Middle Aged Calcium Channel Blockers Stroke Anesthesia Ischemic stroke amlopidine Delirium Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Popis: | Kocer, Abdulkadir/0000-0003-2866-555X WOS: 000303652900014 PubMed: 22549361 Amlodipine is a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist drug with distinctive pharmacokinetic characteristics that seem to be attributable to a high degree of ionization. Delirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome recognized as a marker for increased health care costs, morbidity, mortality, and institutionalization that often complicates acute physical illness in elderly people. This case is the first report concerning amlodipine use as a cause of delirium. |
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