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Prioritizing nonpharmacologic strategies, enhancing staff training, and distinguishing Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD) are vital to improving outcomes for hospitalized patients with Alzheimer ...

Physicians in the emergency department can use oral medications as first-line therapy for agitation, with sedation time and ...

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"We need to find ways to engage frontline staff in the delivery of nonpharmaceutical interventions, including early preferred music, to achieve the goal of safe and effective management of ...

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 ...

Emergency departments (EDs) in the U.S. have seen a surge in patient visits for mental health conditions over the past decade. And frequently these visits include episodes of patient agitation, or ...

Medical and nursing students at the National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) will soon don virtual reality (VR) headsets to learn how to handle patients who ...

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 ...

BioXcel Therapeutics Inc. announced this month that it has dosed its first patient in a Phase 3 study of its drug candidate for agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The study is evaluating ...