The physician has been treating an elderly client who has delirium post hip fracture repair. Despite assessment and treatment of the possible medical causes of the delirium, the client is requiring medication to manage the client
The prescribed medication is a drug from which category? a. analgesic c. antidepressant
b. sedative d. antipsychotic
D
When treatment of the medical cause(s) of the delirium does not result in adequate return to normal function, medications may be required. Generally, the medication of choice is an antipsychotic.They act by blocking dopamine receptors in the brain and decreasing the activating properties of the neurotransmitter.
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