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Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2017 BACKGROUND: Knowledge regarding whether benzodiazepines and similarly acting non-benzodiazepines (Z-drugs) are associated with an increased risk of pneumonia among older adults is lacking.
H. Taipale +7 more
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Assess the prevalence, characteristics, and healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) of patients prescribed certain benzodiazepines for seizure‐emergency management in the United Kingdom. Methods Retrospective cohort study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD‐Aurum) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data that included ...
Yuanjun Ma +5 more
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract The Seizure Termination Project developed expert consensus recommendations for outpatient management of seizure clusters and prolonged seizures to prevent progression to a higher‐level emergency. The consensus recommendations described therapeutic scenarios for seizure clusters (acute cluster treatment [ACT]) to prevent further seizures in a ...
Michael Chez +5 more
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Current practices in managing acutely disturbed patients at three hospitals in Rio de Janeiro-Brazil: a prevalence study [PDF]
, 2002 The medical management of aggressive and violent behaviour is a critical situation for which there is little evidence. In order to prepare for a randomised trial, due to start in the psychiatric emergency rooms of Rio de Janeiro in 2001, a survey of ...
Adams, C.E. +8 more
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Nature Communications, 2015 Agonists at the benzodiazepine-binding site of GABAA receptors (BDZs) enhance synaptic inhibition through four subtypes (α1, α2, α3 and α5) of GABAA receptors (GABAAR).
William T. Ralvenius +4 more
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Rest‐activity rhythm phenotypes in adults with epilepsy and intellectual disability
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Rest‐activity rhythms (RARs) are perturbed in many forms of neuropsychiatric illness. In this study, we applied wrist actigraphy to describe RAR perturbations in intellectually disabled adults with epilepsy (“E + ID”), using a cross‐sectional case–control design.
Nandani Adhyapak +3 more
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Discouraging Use of Benzodiazepines for Anxiety and Insomnia [PDF]
, 2018 Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed for anxiety and insomnia because patients respond quickly to them. Although they are meant to be short-term solutions, patients often use them for more than ten years.
Tsao, Jackie
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective A benzodiazepine (diazepam or midazolam) is one of the current standards of care therapies to effectively terminate organophosphorus nerve agent‐induced status epilepticus when administered shortly after onset. Preclinical studies showed that benzodiazepines were less effective in stopping status epilepticus when treatment was ...
Hailey G. Steier +8 more
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Reducing inappropriate hypnotic prescribing using a quality improvement initiative in a rural practice [PDF]
, 2010 Context This improvement project was set in a single general practice in rural Lincolnshire, East Midlands, UK. All doctors and practice staff were actively engaged in reducing inappropriate long term prescribing of hypnotic drugs in the practice ...
Bee, David +3 more
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