Non-pharmaceutical care management is often brought up but has rarely been described [4,5]. The heterogeneity of practices regarding medication care of agitation and aggressiveness also justifies a better knowledge of the latest scientific data. In that line,according to a survey conducted on US healthcare professionals [6], the 5 medicines most frequently used for expert physicians to treat agitation in patients with TBI are carbamazepine, tricyclic antidepressants, trazodone, amantadine and beta-blockers. For the non-expert group, those were carbamazepine, beta-blockers,haloperidol, tricyclic antidepressants and benzodiazepines. A more recent and similar work by Francisco et al. [7] showed that experts preferentially used valproate, lorazepam, propranolol,nadolol, trazadone and carbamazepine whereas non-experts used in priority lorazepam, carbamazepine and risperidone. This study also pointed out no clear consensus for medication management of agitation with noticeable differences between experts and non-experts.
Non-pharmaceutical care management is often brought up but has rarely been described [4,5]. The heterogeneity of practices regarding medication care of agitation and aggressiveness also justifies a better knowledge of the latest scientific data. In that line,according to a survey conducted on US healthcare professionals [6], the 5 medicines most frequently used for expert physicians to treat agitation in patients with TBI are carbamazepine, tricyclic antidepressants, trazodone, amantadine and beta-blockers. For the non-expert group, those were carbamazepine, beta-blockers,haloperidol, tricyclic antidepressants and benzodiazepines. A more recent and similar work by Francisco et al. [7] showed that experts preferentially used valproate, lorazepam, propranolol,nadolol, trazadone and carbamazepine whereas non-experts used in priority lorazepam, carbamazepine and risperidone. This study also pointed out no clear consensus for medication management of agitation with noticeable differences between experts and non-experts.<br>
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