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agitation

3 studies tagged agitation, dated 2011-02-16 to 2013-05-01. Bibliography: BibTeX (.bib) · RIS (.ris)

Newest in this topic

  1. Agitation and aggression in people with Alzheimer's disease 2013-05-01
  2. Efficacy of memantine for agitation in Alzheimer's dementia: a randomised double-blind placebo controlled trial 2012-05-02
  3. Antidepressants for agitation and psychosis in dementia 2011-02-16

Studies

3 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2011 to 2013

Top journals

  • Current opinion in psychiatry 1
  • PloS one 1
  • The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 1

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. Agitation and aggression in people with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Current opinion in psychiatry 2013-05-01 Treatments

    There is less positive evidence to support their use in the longer term, and prescriptions of more than 12 weeks and longer periods of prescription are associated with cumulative risk of severe adverse events, including death.

  2. Efficacy of memantine for agitation in Alzheimer's dementia: a randomised double-blind placebo controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. PloS one 2012-05-02 Treatments

    Memantine did not improve significant agitation in people with in moderate-to-severe AD.

  3. Antidepressants for agitation and psychosis in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2011-02-16 Treatments

    Selection criteria Randomized, controlled trials of antidepressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), tricyclic antidepressants, trazodone, and other antidepressants), compared to either placebo or comparator medications (typical or atypical antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines, cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine or other medications) for treatment of agitation or psychosis in older adults with dementia.

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