Pharmacological treatment of hyperactive delirium in people with COVID-19: rethinking conventional approaches

People with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) might have several risk factors for delirium, which could in turn notably worsen the prognosis. Although pharmacological approaches for delirium are debated, haloperidol and other first-generation antipsychotics are frequently employed, particularly for hyp...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Ostuzzi, Chiara Gastaldon, Davide Papola, Andrea Fagiolini, Serdar Dursun, David Taylor, Christoph U. Correll, Corrado Barbui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-07-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2045125320942703