Rapid Tranquilization for Psychiatric Patients with Psychomotor Agitation: What is Known About it?
Psychiatr Q
; 88(4): 885-895, 2017 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28275892
ABSTRACT
Rapid tranquilization is an intervention used in control of agitation or aggression in patients with mental disorders. This study synthesized the available evidence regarding efficacy and safety of drugs used for rapid tranquilization in psychiatric patients with psychomotor agitation. It is an overview study of systematic reviews and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT) identified in the database MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and LILACS until April 2015. A team of reviewers, in pairs and independently, identified eligible studies and assessed methodological quality using AMSTAR. Data were extracted from four studies (61 RCT, 8021 participants). The association of haloperidol with promethazine (H + P) promoted tranquilization and presented better safety profile, with moderate quality evidence. Olanzapine demonstrated benefit towards tranquilization and good safety profile, but needed additional administration to keep tranquilization. There was no benefit in the use of haloperidol alone or associated to another psychotropic to most outcomes evaluated. The evidence was of low quality to most of the interventions. H + P was considered a good option for rapid tranquilization, however, more RCT are necessary to confirm the efficacy and safety of the available interventions.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Psychomotor Agitation
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Tranquilizing Agents
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Psychiatr Q
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil