PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nichols, Emma Hitt
ED  - Page, Valerie
TI  - Haloperidol Does Not Prevent Delirium in Ventilated ICU Patients
DP  - 2013 Aug 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 16--17
VI  - 13
IP  - 4
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/4/16.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/4/16.full
AB  - Treatment of ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) with haloperidol or intravenous saline resulted in similar rates of delirium- and coma-free days. This article presents data from the Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Compare the Early Administration of Intravenous Haloperidol Versus Placebo in the Prevention and Treatment of Delirium in Critically Ill Ventilated Patients [HOPE-ICU; ISRCTN83567338].