Agitation From Sedation in Elderly

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Geriatric patients can get agitated in response to sedation. How do you respond?

Watch for a paradoxical response to sedative-hypnotic agents in elderly patients. Old people occasionally become agitated, rather than sedated, after taking these drugs.

If this happens, a cup of coffee may calm them down.

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