Benzodiazepines for treatment of patients with delirium excluding those who are cared for in an intensive care unit.

CONCLUSIONS: There is no enough evidence to determine whether benzodiazepines are effective when used to treat patients with delirium who are cared for in non-ICU settings. The available evidence does not support their routine use for this indication. Because of the scarcity of data from randomised controlled trials, further research is required to determine whether or not there is a role for benzodiazepines in the treatment of delirium in non-ICU settings.
PMID: 32108325 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - February 27, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Li Y, Ma J, Jin Y, Li N, Zheng R, Mu W, Wang J, Si JH, Chen J, Shang HC Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research