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Mendeley readers
| Title |
Antipsychotics for delirium
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|---|---|
| Published by |
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, April 2007
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd005594.pub2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lonergan, Edmund, Britton, Annette M, Luxenberg, Jay |
| Abstract |
Delirium occurs in up to 30% of hospitalised patients and is associated with prolonged hospital stay and increased morbidity and mortality. Recently published reports have suggested that the standard drug for delirium, haloperidol, a typical antipsychotic that may cause adverse extrapyramidal symptoms among patients, may be replaced by atypical antipsychotics such as risperidone, olanzapine or quetiapine, that are as effective as haloperidol in controlling delirium, but that have a lower incidence of extrapyramidal adverse effects. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 25% |
| Poland | 1 | 13% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 245 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 3% |
| Italy | 3 | 1% |
| Canada | 3 | 1% |
| Denmark | 2 | <1% |
| Japan | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 225 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 41 | 17% |
| Other | 30 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 21 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 8% |
| Other | 58 | 24% |
| Unknown | 47 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 147 | 60% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 5% |
| Psychology | 10 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 7 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 4% |
| Unknown | 54 | 22% |