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  • Title: [Agitation in the elderly person. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach].
    Author: Roberge RF.
    Journal: Can Fam Physician; 1996 Dec; 42():2392-8. PubMed ID: 9004893.
    Abstract:
    Treating agitation in elderly people is a complex process. Faced with a paucity of empirical information, clinicians tend to adopt a therapeutic approach based on their clinical evaluation. This article offers a rational approach that will help physicians to better understand, evaluate, and treat agitation. Treating agitation in elderly people is a complex process. Faced with a paucity of empirical information, clinicians tend to adopt a therapeutic approach based on their clinical evaluation. This article offers a rational approach that will help physicians to better understand, evaluate, and treat agitation.
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