Prophylactic use of the drug haloperidol does not help to prevent delirium in intensive care patients or improve their chances of survival. Therefore, there is no reason anymore to administer the drug ...

Oct. 15, 2004 -- Early use of haloperidol in critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation is associated with significantly reduced hospital mortality, according to the results of a ...

There are conflicting data on the effects of antipsychotic medications on delirium in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we assigned ...

September 18, 2007 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Johnson & Johnson have informed healthcare professionals of a revision to the prescribing information for haloperidol, an ...

The dosage that haloperidol is administered at depends on several factors including patient age, body weight and the condition for which the drug is being prescribed. Some examples of the dosage ...

Among the antipsychotic drugs, haloperidol remains one of the most widely used worldwide. Haloperidol-induced ventricular arrhythmias of the torsades de pointes (TdP) type have been reported with a ...

Web-based stress management for newly diagnosed cancer patients (STREAM): A randomized, wait-list controlled intervention study. SCORAD III: Randomized noninferiority phase III trial of single-dose ...

An antipsychotic drug used in hospitals to treat delirium in critically ill patients may not be as beneficial as first thought. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, ...