In the emergency room setting, agitated patients with delirium experience higher rates of hospital admissions and adverse events, researchers say. Agitated patients represent a small but challenging ...

In this prospective observational study, researchers compared the efficacy of four agents that can be utilized for undifferentiated agitation in the ED. The study was conducted at an inner city level ...

Caring for patients who are facing stress, anxiety and depression, or when physical restraint is required, is one of the several challenges that healthcare professionals face in the clinical setting.

Why didn't Rochester police get inside the ambulance and help EMTs transport an allegedly agitated patient to the hospital? That is a key question for investigators looking into ambulance and police ...

DAYTONA BEACH — A Halifax Health study aimed at lowering agitation in patients with traumatic brain injuries has been published in an international journal geared at helping those who care for ...

Scientists have shown that ketamine is far more effective than the more commonly used haloperidol for treating highly-agitated patients prior to hospitalisation. Patients were sedated in five minutes ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) – A Denver Health paramedic ...

Julieta* grew weaker as her illness progressed. She was a frail, 4'11", elderly woman battling terminal cancer who began punching the air, trying to assert control over an unfamiliar reality. As her ...

Use of lorazepam-based regimens reduced persistent restlessness and agitation associated with end-of-life delirium in cancer patients, a randomized study showed. Among 72 patients in a palliative care ...

Unraveling the possible causes and triggers of agitation in people with dementia is worthy of detective work, according to a recent presentation. Witnessing agitation in an older adult struggling with ...