The Journal of clinical psychiatry
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Risperidone in the treatment of patients with delirium.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of risperidone in the treatment of patients with delirium. ⋯ Low-dose risperidone proved to be a safe and effective drug in the treatment of symptoms of delirium in medically hospitalized patients. These data provide the rationale for a prospective randomized controlled trial.