Why the study?
What are the recommended alternatives to intramuscular droperidol for rapid parenteral tranquillisation?
Population
Patients requiring rapid parenteral tranquillisation for acutely disturbed behaviour
Comparison
Parenteral benzodiazepines or rapid-acting… vs Droperidol or haloperidol
Design
Review
Authors
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May support benzodiazepine preference for rapid tranquillisation; leaves open need for randomized comparisons.
What are the recommended alternatives to intramuscular droperidol for rapid parenteral tranquillisation?
Due to cardiotoxicity and extrapyramidal side-effects associated with haloperidol, parenteral benzodiazepines are recommended as the mainstay for rapid tranquillisation.
McAllister‐Williams et al. (2002) studied this question.
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