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The Medicine and Psych services at my medical school differ in how they treat delirium -- Psych tends to use Haldol, while the IM docs use Seroquel. I am biased to trust the Psych docs, but I (a newly minted MS4) don't know the research on this. I'm wondering about the opinions of the psych docs and residents on this forum.
I think of delirium as an anticholinergic and dopaminergic phenomenon, so choosing Seroquel over Haldol doesn't make sense to me (other than to decrease the chance of EPS).
Is there an article that you all would recommend?
I think of delirium as an anticholinergic and dopaminergic phenomenon, so choosing Seroquel over Haldol doesn't make sense to me (other than to decrease the chance of EPS).
Is there an article that you all would recommend?