ORIC-I: Optimizing Recovery From Intensive Care: Mechanical Ventilation and Delirium

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if treating delirious intensive care unit patients with haloperidol improves mortality.

Timeline

Start

2006-03

Primary completion

2011-10

Completion

2011-10

Publications

• Background Milbrandt EB, Kersten A, Kong L, Weissfeld LA, Clermont G, Fink MP, Angus DC. Haloperidol use is associated with lower hospital mortality in mechanically ventilated patients. Crit Care Med. 2005 Jan;33(1):226-9; discussion 263-5. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000150743.16005.9a.

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