Pharmacological interventions for agitated behaviours in patients with traumatic brain injury: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this systematic review was to assess the efficacy and safety of pharmacological agents in the management of agitated behaviours following traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Methods

We performed a search strategy in PubMed, OvidMEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Directory of Open Access Journals, LILACS, Web of Science and Prospero (up to 10 December 2018) for published and unpublished evidence on the risks and benefits of 9 prespecified medications classes used to control agitated behaviours following TBI. We included all randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental and observational studies examining the effects of medications administered to control agitated behaviours in TBI patients. Included studies were classified i

SUBMITTER: Williamson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615826 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature