Question · asked by 1 review

HALOPERIDOL vs COMBINATIONS: d. QUETIAPINE + MAGNESIUM VALPROATE: Specific behaviour ‐ agitation

Population
patients with psychosis‐induced aggression or agitation
Intervention
HALOPERIDOL
Comparison
COMBINATIONS: d. QUETIAPINE + MAGNESIUM VALPROATE
Outcome
Specific behaviour ‐ agitation

It is very uncertain whether HALOPERIDOL changes global effect Specific behaviour ‐ agitation ‐ no effect based on… compared with COMBINATIONS: g. QUETIAPINE + MAGNESIUM VALPROATE (very low certainty).

What each review found

Current versions only
No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
HALOPERIDOL vs COMBINATIONS: g. QUETIAPINE + MAGNESIUM VALPROATE
Specific behaviours ‐ agitation at 3 days average endpoint score (PANSS‐EC) · patients with psychosis‐induced aggression or agitation
Haloperidol for psychosis‐induced aggression or agitation (rapid tranquillisation) (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted1 study · 60 participantsVery low
HALOPERIDOL vs COMBINATIONS: g. QUETIAPINE + MAGNESIUM VALPROATE
Global effect Specific behaviour ‐ agitation ‐ no effect based on PANSS‐EC (< 25% decrease) · patients with psychosis‐induced aggression or agitation
It is very uncertain whether HALOPERIDOL changes global effect Specific behaviour ‐ agitation ‐ no effect based on… compared with COMBINATIONS: g. QUETIAPINE + MAGNESIUM VALPROATE (very low certainty).
Haloperidol for psychosis‐induced aggression or agitation (rapid tranquillisation) (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.17 [0.44, 3.06]1 study · 60 participantsVery low
HALOPERIDOL vs COMBINATIONS: d. QUETIAPINE + MAGNESIUM VALPROATE
Specific behaviours ‐ agitation at 3 days average endpoint score (PANSS‐EC) · patients with psychosis‐induced aggression or agitation
Haloperidol for psychosis‐induced aggression or agitation (rapid tranquillisation) (2012) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD009377.PUB2, superseded
no estimate extracted1 study · 60 participantsVery low
HALOPERIDOL vs COMBINATIONS: d. QUETIAPINE + MAGNESIUM VALPROATE
Global effect Specific behaviour ‐ agitation ‐ no effect based on PANSS‐EC (< 25% decrease) · patients with psychosis‐induced aggression or agitation
It is very uncertain whether HALOPERIDOL changes global effect Specific behaviour ‐ agitation ‐ no effect based on… compared with COMBINATIONS: d. QUETIAPINE + MAGNESIUM VALPROATE (very low certainty).
Haloperidol for psychosis‐induced aggression or agitation (rapid tranquillisation) (2012) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD009377.PUB2, superseded
RR 1.17 [0.44, 3.06]1 study · 60 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Haloperidol for psychosis‐induced aggression or agitation (rapid tranquillisation)
2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed

The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.

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.