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Delirium, catatonía y síndrome de abstinencia manifestados como agitación psicomotora en COVID-19: una propuesta de manejo farmacológico en el hospital general

Rev. méd. Chile; 150 (3), 2022
BACKGROUND: Neuropsychiatric symptoms can be part of the clinical spectrum of COVID-19 infections. AIM: To devise an evidence based clinical algorithm as a guide for clinicians, to identify and treat underlying clinical syndromes of psychomotor agitation, such as delirium, catatonia or substance withdraw...

Brazilian guidelines for the management of psychomotor agitation. Part 2. Pharmacological approach

Objective: To present the essential guidelines for pharmacological management of patients with psychomotor agitation in Brazil. Methods: This is a systematic review of articles retrieved from the MEDLINE (PubMed), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and SciELO databases published from 1997 to 2017....

Cuidados multiprofissionais para pacientes em delirium em terapia intensiva: revisão integrativa

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 39 (), 2018
Resumo OBJETIVO Descrever os cuidados multiprofissionais para manejo de pacientes críticos em delirium na UTI a partir das evidências encontradas na literatura. MÉTODOS Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa realizada no período de 1º de fevereiro a 30 de junho de 2016 através de busca nas bases de...

Myxedema madness complicating postoperative follow-up of thyroid cancer

Although hypothyroidism is associated with an increased prevalence of psychiatric manifestations, myxedema madness is rarely observed. We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with no prior history of psychiatric disorders, who presented to the emergency department with psychomotor agitation 6 weeks aft...