A 54-year-old woman is admitted with delirium after hip fracture surgery. She is disoriented and agitated at night. According to best practice, which ...

Question

A 54-year-old woman is admitted with delirium after hip fracture surgery. She is disoriented and agitated at night. According to best practice, which strategy is most appropriate as first-line management of delirium?

Accepted Answer

Implement non-pharmacologic measures including reorientation, sleep hygiene, early mobilisation and avoiding unnecessary catheters and restraints

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Use high-dose antipsychotics routinely for all delirious patients

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Use benzodiazepines as first-line sedatives

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Physically restrain the patient without other interventions

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Ignore delirium as a benign, self-limiting condition

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Delirium management in older adults

A 54-year-old woman is admitted with delirium after hip fracture surgery. She is disoriented and agitated at night. According to best practice, which strategy is most appropriate as first-line management of delirium?