Akathisia, Drug-Induced - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Greater incidence of emergence agitation in children after sevoflurane anesthesia as compared with halothane: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

30 Jul 2008 BACKGROUND: Sevoflurane is a popular inhalational anesthetic for general anesthesia in children. The higher incidence of emergence agitation has been suspected after sevoflurane anesthesia as compared with halothane, whereas some controlled studies ... Read more...

[Weaning from the ventilator modalities and consequences]

29 Jun 2008 Only few studies have focused on the issues raised by discontinuing sedation in ICU patients. Several lines of evidence allow defining the risk factors for the occurrence of a weaning syndrome due to discontinuation of sedatives and analgesics in ... Read more...

Acculturation is associated with the prevalence of tardive dyskinesia and akathisia in community-treated patients with schizophrenia.

30 May 2008 OBJECTIVE: Ethnicity is a risk factor for tardive dyskinesia (TD) and other antipsychotic drug-induced movement disorders (ADIMD). It is unclear whether this association is mediated through genetic, environmental or cultural factors individually or ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Akathisia, Drug-Induced'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Mirtazapine-induced akathisia. 30 Jul 2008
• Greater incidence of emergence agitation in children after sevoflurane anesthesia as compared with halothane: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. 30 Jul 2008
• [Weaning from the ventilator modalities and consequences] 29 Jun 2008
• Do partial agonists cause akathisia: the role of the mental health nurse who prescribes. 30 May 2008
• Antipsychotic-induced movement disorders - forgotten but not gone. 30 May 2008
• Acculturation is associated with the prevalence of tardive dyskinesia and akathisia in community-treated patients with schizophrenia. 30 May 2008
• Aripiprazole treatment causes extrapyramidal side effects but not prolactin elevation: a disconnect of the striatal D2 occupancy story: case report. 30 May 2008
• Akathisia in adults with severe and profound intellectual disability: a psychometric study of the MEDS and ARMS. 30 May 2008
• Successful treatment of delusional disorder with low-dose aripiprazole. 30 May 2008
• Role of mirtazapine in the treatment of antipsychotic-induced akathisia. 4 May 2008
• Propofol for the management of glycine-mediated excitatory symptoms of TURP syndrome. 29 Apr 2008
• Benign tongue FDG uptake in a patient with tardive dyskinesia. 29 Apr 2008
• Safety profile of iloperidone: a pooled analysis of 6-week acute-phase pivotal trials. 30 Mar 2008
• The efficacy and safety of aripiprazole as adjunctive therapy in major depressive disorder: a second multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. 30 Mar 2008
• Aripiprazole improves neuroleptic-associated tardive dyskinesia, but it does not meliorate psychotic symptoms. 16 Mar 2008
• Oral manifestations of adverse drug reactions: guidelines. 5 Mar 2008
• A case of respiratory akathisia in a cancer patient: a case report. 28 Feb 2008
• Aripiprazole's receptor pharmacology and extrapyramidal side effects. 28 Feb 2008
• A prospective, open-label study of Aripiprazole mono- and adjunctive treatment in acute bipolar depression. 10 Feb 2008
• Reduction in neuroleptic-induced movement disorders after a switch to quetiapine in patients with schizophrenia. 30 Jan 2008

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Technical information about 'Akathisia, Drug-Induced'

Definition: A condition associated with the use of certain medications and characterized by an internal sense of motor restlessness often described as an inability to resist the urge to move.

Descriptor UI: D017109

Alternative terms: Akathisia, Drug-Induced; Akathisia, Drug Induced; Drug-Induced Akathisia; Drug Induced Akathisia; Acathisia, Drug-Induced; Acathisia, Drug Induced; Drug-Induced Acathisia; Pseudoakathisia; Akathisia, Tardive; Tardive Akathisia;

Related Mesh Headings: Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.662.037; C10.720.075; C21.613.276.252; C21.613.705.100; C23.888.592.350.600.500;

History Note: 1993

Technical Notes: do not confuse with DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED