Prospective study of the safety and effectiveness of droperidol in elderly patients for pre‐hospital acute behavioural disturbance
| Autor: | Geoffrey K. Isbister, Stephen Rashford, Katherine Z Isoardi, Sanjeewa Kulawickrama, Lachlan Parker, Colin B. Page |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Emergency Medical Services
Respiratory rate Sedation Conscious Sedation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Interquartile range medicine Humans Droperidol Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Prospective cohort study Adverse effect Aged business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Hospitals Confidence interval Blood pressure Anesthesia Emergency Medicine medicine.symptom Emergency Service Hospital business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Medicine Australasia. 32:731-736 |
| ISSN: | 1742-6723 1742-6731 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1742-6723.13496 |
| Popis: | Objective: Acute behavioural disturbance in the elderly (≥65 years) is a significant issue for emergency medical services with increasing prevalence of dementia and aging populations. We investigated the pre-hospital safety and effectiveness of droperidol in the elderly with acute behavioural disturbance. Methods: This was a pre-hospital prospective observational 1-year study of elderly patients with acute behavioural disturbance. The primary outcome was proportion of adverse events (AEs) (airway intervention, oxygen saturation |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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