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KMID : 0605720110170020182
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Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
2011 Volume.17 No. 2 p.182 ~ p.188
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Comparison between Effectiveness of Quetiapine and Risperidone for Treatment of Delirium in Hospitalized Patients
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Sakong Jung-Kyu
Jung Sung-Won
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Abstract
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Objectives: It has been shown that risperidone, an atypical antipsychotics, has effectiveness for treatment of delirium as good as haloperidol and has less side effects than haloperidol. Quetiapine also has less extrapyramidal side effects and has effectiveness for treatment of delirium. The aim of this study was to investigate whether quetiapine is effective for the treatment of delirium compared with risperidone.
Methods: All subjects(71 patients) were randomized to receive either risperidone(35 patients) or quetiapine(36 patients) with fixed dose at the first day of treatment. Then, all subjects received either medications with flexible doses according to judgement on clinical status of patients. The effectiveness was evaluated using Clinical Global Impression-Severity(CGI-S), Korean version of Delirium Rating Scale(K-DRS), Korean Mini Mental Status Examination(K-MMSE), and Korean version of Delirium Rating Scale-Revised-98.
Results:There was no significant difference between both groups in the baseline K-DRS, K-DRS-R-98, K-MMSE and CGI scores. At the seventh day of the treatment, K-DRS, K-DRS-R-98 and CGI scores were significantly improved from the baseline both in the quetiapine and risperidone treatment group.
Conclusion: Quetiapine is effective for treatment of delirium.
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KEYWORD
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Delirium, Risperidone, Quetiapine
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