According to MedPage Today (2/17), “Older patients prescribed an atypical antipsychotic for hospitalization-related delirium more often stayed on it past the recommended duration than if prescribed a typical antipsychotic, researchers reported.” They found that “among nearly 6,000 patients 65 and older without prior psychiatric disorders, 13.5% were newly prescribed haloperidol and 86.5% initiated an atypical antipsychotic to treat delirium around an infection-related hospitalization.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.
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