TY - JOUR T1 - Delirium in hospitalized patients: Risks and benefits of antipsychotics JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 616 LP - 622 DO - 10.3949/ccjm.84a.16077 VL - 84 IS - 8 AU - Robyn Pauline Thom AU - Clare Kelleher Mock AU - Polina Teslyar Y1 - 2017/08/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/8/616.abstract N2 - Consensus panel guidelines advocate for the judicious use of antipsychotic drugs to manage delirium in hospitalized patients when nonpharmacologic measures fail and the patient is in significant distress from symptoms, poses a safety risk to self or others, or is impeding essential aspects of his or her medical care. Here, we review the use of haloperidol, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and aripiprazole for this purpose. ER -