HALOPERIDOL vs lorazepam: Adverse events including extrapyramidal effects
- Population
- terminally ill adults with delirium
- Intervention
- HALOPERIDOL
- Comparison
- lorazepam
- Outcome
- Adverse events including extrapyramidal effects
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: haloperidol changes adverse events including extrapyramidal effectsc compared with lorazepam (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Summary of findings: haloperidol vs lorazepam Adverse events including extrapyramidal effectsc · terminally ill adults with delirium It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: haloperidol changes adverse events including extrapyramidal effectsc compared with lorazepam (very low certainty). Drug therapy for delirium in terminally ill adults (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 16 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug therapy for delirium in terminally ill adults 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
Related questions
The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.
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- HALOPERIDOL vs OLANZAPINE · terminally ill adults with delirium · 1 review
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.