Could delirium and anti-dementia drugs effect on the treatment of agitated nursing home residents with Alzheimer dementia?

In a recent issue of Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Viscogliosi et  al have achieved important results in testing safer and more effective alternatives in the treatment of agitation in nursing home residents with Alzheimer dementia (AD).1 There is insufficient data on the comparison of citalopram with antipsychotics in this regard, indicating that this study could make important contributions for beneficial treatment options in agitation improvement in AD patients. Besides, the authors may not have considered a few factors that could affect the results in the adjusted analysis.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research